Two members of the All Progressives Congress from Imo State who were traveling to Abuja for the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly on Tuesday lost their lives in a fatal auto crash along Agbor road in Delta State.
The bus conveying them, it was learnt, had a head-on collision with an oncoming vehicle in Agbor, Delta State.
Two people in the bus had been confirmed dead, according to party sources, while others who had suffered various degrees of injury were sent to hospitals. NPO Reports learnt that two men from the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state’s Amaraku community died in the car accident.
The victims, according to a party official, who asked to remain anonymous, are the coordinators for Patrick Ndubueze, a senator-elect for Imo North, and Mirriam Onuoha, a representative-elect for the Okigwe North Federal Constituency.
The state’s APC spokesperson, Cajetan Duke, confirmed the incident when contacted.
He added that only two people have been confirmed dead by the party.