Imo APC Members Travelling for NASS Inauguration Die in Auto Crash

Imo APC Members travelling for NASS Inauguration in Abuja have been confirmed dead.

Newsone reports that at least three members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Imo State who were travelling to Abuja for the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on Tuesday died in an auto crash today, Monday, June 12, 2023.

This online news platform understands that the bus Imo APC Members were travelling in had a head-on collision with another bus at Agbor in Delta State, southern Nigeria.

Reports have it that three persons on the bus had been confirmed dead, while others who sustained various degrees of injuries were rushed to hospitals.

Newsone Nigeria reports that two males from the Amaraku community in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state and a female from the Ogbor community in the same LGA died in an auto crash.

Speaking on the auto crash, APC chieftain, who doesn’t want to be mentioned, said that the victims were the coordinators of the senator-elect for Imo North, Patrick Ndubueze, and the House of Representatives member-elect for Okigwe North Federal Constituency, Mirriam Onuoha.

The source said, “Three persons died while others who sustained injuries have been rushed to hospitals. Their bus had a head-on collision with another bus and three persons, two males and a female, died. Two males from Amaraku community and a female from Ogbor community all in the Isiala Mbano LGA.

“They were travelling in two buses. It is a sad development. The party is saddened by the development. It is a sad commentary and we pray God accepts their souls.”

When contacted, Imo APC spokesperson, Cajetan Duke, confirmed the development. While describing the incident as “sad,” the party’s spokesperson said that only two persons had been confirmed dead by the party.