8 PDP Members Dies in Benue State Road Accident

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8 PDP Members Dies in Benue State Road Accident8 PDP Members Dies in Benue State Road Accident

The Benue Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that eight of its members died in a road accident while traveling for a campaign rally in the state.

The party’s State Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Iortyom, said that the incident which also left many persons injured occurred in the Zone C (Benue South) Senatorial District. He said the party faithfuls were traveling to the venue of the flag-off of the Senatorial Campaign of candidate of the party in the Benue-South Senatorial District, Abba Moro, which was slated to hold in Agatu on Friday.

According to the statement, the event has been postponed in honour of the dead and that a new date for the event would be rescheduled. Confirming the incident, David Mendie, Sector Commander, FRSC in Benue, said he got an emergency call from the unit command in Zone C informing him about a fatal accident on Agatu route on Friday.

8 PDP Members Dies in Benue State Road Accident