Nigeria, Dec. 23 -- A petrol tanker on Sunday rammed into the convoy of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, killing a dispatch rider, Ibrahim Hussaini.

Mr Akpabio disclosed the incident during plenary on Tuesday, where he condoled with the family of the deceased.

Dispatch riders are police officers who ride motorcycles as part of the security convoy of prominent public office holders. The senate president has about four dispatch riders attached to his convoy.

Although Mr Akpabio did not disclose the exact location of the incident, he said it occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after members of his convoy picked him up at the Ibadan Airport.

"We went to Oyo State for the installation of our colleague but the vehicles that ca...