Nigeria's deputy High Commissioner to Ghana in car crash

Reports say the deputy Nigeria High Commissioner to Ghana Alhaji Osman Nijima has been involved in a car crash at a village near the Brong Ahafo region.

According to Starr News' Northern regional correspondent Eliasu Tanko, Alhaji Nijima was on his way to the Northern region to attend the ongoing International Trade Fair in Tamale.

The cause of the accident is, however, not known but Starr News gathers that President John Mahama has dispatched the mayor of Tamale Hanan Jundaadow and the former Northern regional Minister Mohammed Limuna to the crash site.

Alhaji Nijima was travelling to Tamale on the invitation of President Mahama, who joined the Trade Fair exhibition today.

It is also not known if the deputy High Commissioner sustained some injuries.