From Chijioke Agwu, Abakaliki
Three people were, yesterday, confirmed dead in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, while travelling to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the fourth Executive Governor of Ebonyi State.
They died in a ghastly motor accident in which several others sustained various degrees of injury.
Daily Sun gathered that the victims were traveling from the Izzi area of the state, yesterday, to Abakaliki, when the incident happened. A source, who witnessed the tragic incident, added that those injured were moved to the Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki for treatment. The source, who pleaded anonymity, further said the victims were in critical condition. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ebonyi Command, could not be reached for comment at the time of filing this report.