Bolaji Ogundele, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent condolences to the people and government of Ebonyi State over the Akaeze-Ukwu Road accident.
A bus, conveying several people on Friday, traveling along the Akaeze-Ishaiagu Road, in Ivo council area of the state, reportedly plunged into a river, leaving more than 30 persons dead.
However, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari described the incident as a colossal loss of human lives.
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“We are saddened and aggrieved at this colossal loss of human lives,” said the President, adding that the thoughts and prayers of the government and people of Nigeria are with the families of the victims of this accident.
He commended the Ebonyi state government in spearheading the rescue and recovery efforts as well as the support it has received from the neighbouring state governments in that regard.
