8 APC members, conductor die in auto crash in Ebonyi

Eight suspected members of the All Progressives Con­gress (APC), Ebonyi State chapter, including a con­ductor of a tipper lorry, were yesterday crushed to death at Ezzamgbo Junc­tion in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Eb­onyi State.

The eight victims were said to be supporters of APC House of Represen­tative candidate in the last general election, Mr. Uche Nshii, who were heading to Enugu State to witness the Ebonyi governorship Appeal Court ruling.

It was gathered that the tipper driver and one occu­pant of the APC branded car were said to have been critically injured and were currently receiving treat­ment at the Federal Teach­ing Hospital in Abakaliki.

The APC branded Sien­na vehicle rammed into the tipper along the ever busy junction.

An eye witness, who spoke to Saturday Mirror narrated that the accident occurred at about 8:10 am when the Sienna Car going to Enugu suddenly dodged a bike rider, plying one- way, but could not control the speed which forced him to jump the dual car­riageway to hit the tipper driver on the other lane.

The source further stat­ed that the nine passengers died on the spot while the tipper driver was rushed to the hospital.

“The APC branded Si­enna vehicle was from Abakaliki to Enugu with nine passengers. The acci­dent occurred at the dual carriageway at Ezzamgbo junction when the driver of the APC car was trying to dodge an Okada rider plying one-way, but in the process jumped the pave­ment of the double lane and hit the tipper going to Abakaliki.”

He added that it took the intervention of sympa­thizers who used axes and other sharp objects to cut the body of the APC car to force out the remains of the victims.

The source further add­ed that several ambulanc­es carried the corpses to an undisclosed mortuary.

It was gathered that the APC victims were members of Labour Par­ty, LP, who recently dump the party for reasons best known to them.

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