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From Okey Sampson, Umuahia and Ogbonnaya Ndukwe, Aba
The Abia State Police Command has confirmed that seven people died and five others injured in an auto accident which occurred at the Ukpakiri village, near Aba, Abia State, along the Ikot Ekpene Highway.
It was gathered that a Sienna Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), operated by Akwa Ibom Integrated Transport, had a head-on collision with a tipper lorry loaded with sharp sand, resulting in the death of seven passengers on board the SUV. The accident left five people seriously injured and they were immediately rushed to the hospital.
Local residents said heavy traffic, which had waned along the busy highway when it got bad, had returned since it began receiving attention from the federal government.
They alleged that vehicles plying the major link between Aba commercial city in Abia and Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, these days, drive excessively, despite the large concentration of communities living and doing business along the road and appealed to the authorities to extend the dualisation of the Ukpakiri/Opobo junction, Ogbor Hill axis of the highway to safeguard lives.
Confirming the incident in a statement, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Maureen Chinaka, said the accident “happened at Ukpakiri village, along Ikot Ekpene Road in Obingwa LGA.
“Seven unidentified persons died, and five sustained injuries. The scene of the accident has been visited, dead bodies deposited at the mortuary, injured people rushed to the hospital, and exhibits recovered to the police station. Investigation is ongoing”, the statement added.
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