Wife of the
President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, and the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake
Dickson, on Sunday mourned some prominent women from the statewho died in a
motor accident in Rivers State.
Although the
two-paragraph statement by her spokesman, Ayo Adewuyi, did not give the
circumstances surrounding the death, the Federal Road Safety Corps in Bayelsa
State said the wife of the Secretary to the State Government, Elizabeth
Allinson-Oguru, and 10 other women died in a ghastly road accident on
Ahoada/Elele section of the East-West Road on Saturday night.
It was learnt
that the deceased were coming from Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State
where they had gone to pay a solidarity visit to Mrs. Jonathan.
The statement
read, “The First Lady, Dame Dr. Patience Faka Jonathan wishes to commiserate
with the Government and people of Bayelsa State, over the death of some
prominent Bayelsa women in a motor accident around Elele in Rivers State, on
their way to Bayelsa.
“The First Lady prays the Almighty God to
grant the souls of the deceased eternal rest and the families the fortitude to
bear the irreparable loss.”
Also,
the Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Henry Seriake Dickson, on Sunday, expressed
shock over the death of the wife of the Secretary to the State Government,
Prof. Edmond Allison-Ogoru and a group of other women in a ghastly road
accident.
Dickson, who
spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Marson, described
the incident as a monumental and painful loss to the people of the state.
“The Bayelsa
State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has expressed deep pains, shock and
grief over the sudden death of the wife of Professor Edmond Allison-Oguru, the
Secretary to the State Government and a group of prominent Bayelsa Women in a
fatal road accident along the Ahoada/Elele section of the East/West Road in
Rivers State,” the statement read.
The governor
also described the women that died during the accident as “our mothers and
sisters,” even as he prayed God to grant their families the courage and
strength to bear the losses.
The road
accident, according to the governor, had forced him to suspend official
engagements for three days as a mark of honour for the souls of the departed
women.
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