A private jet belonging to the Akwa Ibom State Government on Tuesday flew the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio in company of a cardiologist and a general doctor to London from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

DAILY POST recalls that Akpabio who was involved in an auto crash on Monday was briefly admitted at the trauma centre of the National Hospital in Abuja.

Akpabio was said to have been traumatised and in shock after the crash which involved two SUVs.

The former Governor of Akwa Ibom State was however given a clean bill of health by the doctors at the centre on Monday evening; however Akpabio is going to a London hospital to seek further evaluation and treatment.

Reacting to the crash, the United States Embassy in Abuja Monday stated that the former governor’s armoured Mercedes Benz G63 AMG ran into an armoured Suburban SUV in a US diplomatic convoy at the Bollingo Hotel junction in the capital city.

The crash which occurred at about 7.30am however claimed no life.