{"id":403946,"date":"2018-02-23T18:48:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T18:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403946"},"modified":"2018-02-24T08:08:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-24T08:08:00","slug":"zabzugu-mp-others-involved-in-car-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=403946","title":{"rendered":"Zabzugu MP, others involved in car crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament for Zabzugu Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Umar Obaako, has been involved in a car crash\u00a0on the Tamale-Zabzugu road.<\/p>\n<p>A former District Chief Executive for the area, Iddrisu Alidu Laabandoo, and their driver, were part of those on-board.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-403949\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Member-of-Parliament-for-Zabzugu-Alhassan-Umar-Obaako-1.jpg\" alt=\"Member of Parliament for Zabzugu, Alhassan Umar Obaako\" width=\"607\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Member-of-Parliament-for-Zabzugu-Alhassan-Umar-Obaako-1.jpg 607w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Member-of-Parliament-for-Zabzugu-Alhassan-Umar-Obaako-1-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alhassan Umar Obaako reportedly broke an arm, whilst the former DCE also sustained some minor injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of the MP is\u00a0said to be in a stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicated that, the two were travelling for a funeral in the constituency when the accident happened.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-403951\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Member-of-Parliament-for-Zabzugu-Alhassan-Umar-Obaako-3.jpg\" alt=\"Member of Parliament for Zabzugu, Alhassan Umar Obaako\" width=\"607\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Member-of-Parliament-for-Zabzugu-Alhassan-Umar-Obaako-3.jpg 607w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Member-of-Parliament-for-Zabzugu-Alhassan-Umar-Obaako-3-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Confirming the incident to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the Deputy Secretary of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] for Zabzugu constituency, Mohammed Adam, said &#8220;the vehicle somersaulted about three times and finally landed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We thank God Almighty for saving the lives of our people, and pray that the good lord will continue to protect them and also heal them speedily for us,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>They are currently receiving treatment at the Tamale Teaching Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Mohammed Aminu Alabira\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Member of Parliament for Zabzugu Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhassan Umar Obaako, has been involved in a car crash\u00a0on the Tamale-Zabzugu road. 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