According to reports, the flag-off of Comrade Abba Moro, the Senatorial
candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Benue South
Senatorial district, has been cancelled indefinitely.
It was cancelled because of the accident involving multiple vehicles that claimed many lives on the way to the flag off venue.
PDP
stakeholders and party faithful were heading to Obagaji, the
headquarters of Agatu local government area for the flag-off campaign
for Benue South candidates of the party in the 2019 general elections.
The
party has consequently cancelled the proposed mega rally, which was
also billed for the defection ceremony of over 2000 members of the
opposition parties.
According to eye-witness account, an
on-coming motorcycle rammned into the PDP convoy around Ojinebe village
in Adoka, Otukpo local government area, causing another on-coming Toyota
Sienna to loose control with head-on collision with an 18-seater bus
and a Volkswagen.
“The Sienna, in an attempt to dodge the bike
lose control and faced the 18-seater bus, thereby causing accident for
the golf coming behind”, the source said.
Amongst the corpses
deposited at the mortuary, 7 of them are members of PDP from Oju local
government area, while 5 were occupants of the Sienna bus from Iga
Okpaya, who were said to be heading for a burial.
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