11 Women Supporters Died In Auto Accident After Visiting Patience Goodluck Jonathan

It was indeed a black weekend in Bayelsa as eleven
women supporters of the First Lady, Patience Jonathan,
died in a ghastly road accident at Ahoada axis on the
east-west Road, Rivers State.
The victims were Bayelsa branch leaders of Women For
Change, an organization sponsored by the Mrs.
Jonathan.
The women were returning to their base in Bayelsa
after a two-day solidarity visit to the first lady in
Okirika, Rivers State.
According to the Federal Road Safety Commission,
FRSC, nine of the victims were burnt to death, while
two died without burns.
FRSC Bayelsa State Commander,Vincent Jack, said most
of the victims were burnt beyond recognition in the
accident that involved three vehicles.
Prominent among the dead were Mrs. Elisabeth Oguru,
wife of the Secretary to the State Government, Zimbra
Goma, former Commissioner for Women Affairs, Ruby
Benjamin, former House of Assembly member
representing Brass Constituency 1 in Bayelsa; amongst
others.
Others were: A former councillor in Ogbia Local
Government Area, Gbaregolo Eseimokumo, listed some
of the victims as Consider Amadi, a former women
leader in Ogbia, Clara Abila, a grassroots politician,
Immaculate Amasimua, former Commissioner at the
Civil Service Commission in Bayelsa.
Meanwhile, former Commissioner for Transport,
Mrs.Marie Ebikake, who was originally part of the trip,
was spared death, as she reportedly drove back to
Yenagoa in a separate vehicle.

Posted by Donatus Joshua at 23:38