13 Mourners Perish On Their Way To Neighbour’s Funeral

It was a tragedy in Nigeria’s South/South region of Cross River State as more than twelve people travelling for a funeral was killed in a ghastly auto-crash along the ever-busy Calabar-Ikom Highway.

Meanwhile, two other people are said to be critically injured in the accident.The accident, which involved a white-coloured Hiace bus number plates EDA28XA, according to an online account, occurred around 10 a.m on Thursday, September 24, along the Calabar-Ikom Highway in Mbarakom Community, Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state.
According to an eyewitness, the crash was caused by brake failure while the vehicle was on high speed. Another witness, Albert Asuquo, who helped in the rescue operation, said that the injured passengers were taken to the General Hospital in Akamkpa alongside the corpses.

A neighbour of some of the deceased persons who gave his name as Mr Effiong said they were in a chartered bus going to a burial of another neighbour who passed away.
“I know some of them very well, they are my neighbours and we stay in the same yard. 
“Someone in the area died and they were going for the burial. It was a chartered vehicle for the burial. May their souls rest in peace,” he said.