At least six women have been confirmed dead after an 18-seater bus conveying them from Gembu, the headquarters of the Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State lost control and somersaulted.
The victims, identified to be members of the Women Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN), Taraba State chapter, were returning from a conference on the Mambilla Plateau.
A press statement by Emmanuel Bello, a spokesperson for Governor Agbu Kefas, described the accident as heartbreaking and devastating.
While condoling with the family of the victims, CAN leadership, WOWICAN, and the entire Christian community in the state and the country at large, the Governor described the event as a Black Sunday and stated that the circumstances of their death were regrettably tragic.
The governor pledged his administration’s continuous commitment to safer roads, especially within areas that poses great threats to lives and has directed that local government chairmen maintain existing roads with proper traffic controls, signage and basic repairs.
The statement added that he would work to minimise the sad occurrences of road mishaps occasioned by bad roads in the state.
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