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Six members of CAN women’s wing killed in Taraba auto crash

Six members of CAN women’s wing killed in Taraba auto crash

A fatal road accident in Nigeria’s middle belt State of Taraba has claimed the lives of six women, authorities said on Sunday.

The victims are said to be members of the Women Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN), Taraba State chapter.

They met their end after an 18-seater bus conveying them lost control and somersaulted.

The victims were being conveyed from Gembu, the headquarters of the Sardauna Local Government, after attending a conference on the Mambilla Plateau when the incident happened.

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The State government confirmed the incident, describing it as heartbreaking and devastating.

In a press statement by Emmanuel Bello, a spokesperson for Governor Agbu Kefas, the state government condoled with the family of the victims, CAN leadership, WOWICAN, and the entire Christian community in the state.

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

Six members of CAN women’s wing killed in Taraba auto crash

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