Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, who was discharged from hospital last night, has relocated to an undisclosed private house in a bid to ward off visitors. Wada was moved to Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, after initial treatment at the Specialist Hospital in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, following injuries he sustained in a December 28 car accident which claimed the life of his aide-de-camp (ADC), Assistant Superintendent of Police, Idris Mohammed.

The governor, who decided against receiving treatment abroad, was discharged from Cedarcrest, where he underwent surgery last Friday night, between 9pm and 11pm yesterday and is scheduled to continue his treatment away from public eyes.

Wada had been receiving a large volume of sympathisers in the hospital, among them President Goodluck Jonathan, who spent about 15 minutes with the governor in his ward on Monday (see photo).

Speaking during Jonathan’s visit, Dr. Felix Ogedegbe, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of Cedarcrest Hospital, had disclosed that Governor Wada would be discharged “in a few days.”

The accident occurred at Emi Woro Village along Ajaokuta-Lokoja Road, while the governor was returning to Lokoja from his hometown, Ayingba, where he had attended the 2012 Igala summit.