A few days, former Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba lost his wife, Amaka in an auto crash near the military checkpoint along Ore-Okitipupa Road in
A few days, former Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba lost his wife, Amaka in an auto crash near the military checkpoint along Ore-Okitipupa Road in Odigbo Local Government area of Ondo State.
Mrs Ndoma-Egba was at that time travelling with seven other persons while not less than eight others, were critically injured in the fatal accident that involved four vehicles.
The vehicles involved according to a source, were a commercial Toyota Avensis car, a Honda car, a truck and a Toyota Coaster bus belonging to the Sports Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA).
It was gathered that the late wife of the former Senate Leader, was being conveyed in a Toyota Coaster Bus, belonging to the Sports Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko from Benin to Igbokoda, in Ilaje Local Government area of the state.
The occupants of the ill-fated bus, according to the source, were on their way to a burial programme at Igbokoda. It was gathered that the truck first hit the two cars before pushing the coaster bus into the bush. While four persons including Amaka, died in the bus, three others died in the two cars that were first hit by the truck.
The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State, Mr Ahmed Hassan, confirmed the accident. The sector commander, however, said that only four persons, three females and a male died in the auto crash. He also disclosed that eight other persons were critically injured and taken to Pima Hospital, Ore for treatment, adding that the accident was caused by loss of concentration and speed violation.”
