Tragedy struck in Imo State on Monday evening, September 8, as at least 15 members of the Jehovah’s Witness congregation from Agwa community, Oguta LGA, lost their lives in a fatal road accident.
The accident occurred around 6:45 p.m. at Awomama Bridge when a trailer driving against traffic collided head-on with the bus carrying the worshippers. The victims were returning from their annual Jehovah’s Witness Assembly Convention in Uli, Anambra State. All passengers on the bus reportedly died on the spot.
Their bodies have since been deposited in a morgue.
Reacting to the incident, the Chairman of Oguta Local Government Area, Hon. Ifeanyi Nnani, expressed deep sorrow in a statement signed by his aide, Orum Desmond.
Part of the statement read:
“The Executive Chairman of Oguta Local Government Area, Hon. Ifeanyi Nnani, has received with a heavy heart the news of the accident that took away the lives of over 10 persons from Agwa Community along Onitsha-Owerri Road this evening on their way back home to Agwa after their successful Jehovah’s Witness Assembly Convention at Uli, Anambra State.
“Oguta Local Government Area has once again witnessed another dark moment, very tragic and sorrowful… While consoling the entire Agwa Community over the loss, the Executive Chairman also wants to, in a special way, extend his profound condolences to the immediate family members that suddenly lost their beloved ones to these unforeseen circumstances.”
He prayed for God to comfort and strengthen the grieving families.
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