Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has condoled with the families of victims of the auto crash along Umuowelle Bypass, Agulu, Anambra State on Monday.
Six persons died in the crash caused by a lorry which lost control while descending a slope.
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Scores are being treated at St. Joseph Hospital, Adazi-Nnukwu for various injuries.
Mr Obi, in a statement on Tuesday by his media office, said he was saddened by the accident, especially when he learnt that some victims lost their lives.
He prayed to God to grant the families of all those affected the fortitude to bear the loss.
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The former Anambra State governor took the opportunity to call for the barricading of the road against heavy trucks, saying: “Due to the sloppy nature of the road, if not barricaded, such accidents which have become a routine occurrence may continue and gradually build a wall of insecurity in those that use the road frequently. It could even get to the point of scaring those using the hotel along that road.”
Obi said the best thing was to place a barrier against heavy trucks especially as there is an alternative road.
