An auto crash at Igbor Village of Gwer Local Government Area of Benue
State has killed two Batch B’ corps members just as 12 others, six
males and six females, who survived the crash were receiving treatment
in hospitals in the area.
VAN recalled
that the former Secretary to the Benue State Government (SSG), late Dr.
Audu Achigili had, in December 2010 died in an accident at a bend in the
same village.
It was gathered that the accident occurred between 4pm and 5pm on
Monday evening, when the corps members were travelling to Otukpo town,
the place of their primary assignments.
An eye witness, who simply gave his name as Joseph, told our
correspondent that the corps members were travelling in a 16 seater bus
with a banner of Anglican Corpers’ Fellowship, which lost control, and
somersaulted three times and finally crashed into the bush.
The Benue State Zonal Coordinator of NYSC, Mr. Moses Odu, who spoke
to VAN at St.
Vincent’s Hospital, Aliade, where the surviving corps members were
hospitalised, said that the corps members were discharged from the NYSC
camp to report to their various places of primary assignments before the
accident happened.
He said that two of the corps members died on the spot, three were
rushed to the Federal Medical Centre Apir in Makurdi, while nine were
still at the St. Vincent’s Hospital.
The Medical Doctor in charge of St. Vincent Hospital Aliade, Dr.
Sunday Ameh, confirmed that the accident victims were responding to
treatment but said that two of the survivors were in critical condition
and said that their chances of surviving were not satisfactory.
Meanwhile, the State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, who had earlier
performed the flag-off ceremony of fertiliser and chemicals distribution
to farmers, on hearing the news, visited the accident victims.
He described the accident as very unfortunate and ordered that the
survivors should be transferred to the Benue State University Teaching
Hospital for proper medical attention. He further paid a condolence
visit on the Benue state NYSC coordinator.
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