A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo state
chapter, Saturday lost his life in a ghastly auto accident
involving an 18 seater bus in which the party members were
travelling and a commercial bus bearing campaign posters
of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ovia
federal constituency.
According to a press statement issued by the state publicity
secretary of APC, Comrade Godwin Erhahon, the commercial
bus which bears the campaign posters of Ms. Omosede
Igbinedion, younger sister of Chief Lucky Igbinedion, former
governor of the state, who is also candidate of the PDP in
the coming election, allegedly rammed into the bus
conveying the APC members from its side while overtaking
it.
The APC bus was said to have somersaulted several times,
leading to the death of the APC member whose identity is
yet to be made known, while 12 other occupants of the bus,
all members of Ovia North-East wing of APC, sustained
varying degrees of injuries.
The accident victims were said to be travelling to Okada
town to attend an APC campaign rally. The driver of the
commercial bus was said to have been fatally injured in the
accident which occurred near Okada town.
Commenting on the accident, the state chairman of APC,
Barr. Anselm Ojezua, announced the postponement of all
rallies scheduled for the three local government areas,
namely, Ovia South-West, Ovia South-East and Egor.
As at the time of filing this report, the state deputy governor,
Dr. Pius Odubu, Barr. Ojezua and other party leaders in the
state were said to have visited the injured party members
who are currently being treated at an undisclosed hospital.
The statement by Comrade Erhahon recalled that the
accident is “one of the many that have occurred on that
road since the prodigal administration of PDP led by Chief
Lucky Igbinedion abandoned the dualization project after
paying full contact sum of N1.6 billion in 2006.
It further noted that only one of the lanes was shodily
constructed halfway, “whereas records inherited from the
PDP government of which Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu was
secretary claim that the road has been fully dualized as at
May 2007 when they left office.
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