A forensic specialist with
University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Dr. Ralph Omojele and five members of
his family lost their lives in a road crash by Okada junction, along the
Benin-Ore Expressway.
Omojele’s family members
affected were his three children, an uncle and a cousin.
The victims were said to be on
their way from Lagos, Wednesday evening, when the accident occurred.
It was gathered that late
Omojefe and his family members had escorted a younger sister who was on her way
to the United States, to Lagos, having won the American visa lottery, and were
on their way back to Benin when the accident happened.
President, UBTH chapter of the
Association of Resident Doctors, Kingsley Okafor, who confirmed the incident,
said he had visited the family and that the late Omojefe’s wife had been taken
to their village in Delta State.
Okafor said the association had
declared seven days of mourning during which period members are to wear black
armband.
He said, “We will observe a
minute silence everyday before any clinic session.”
At the time of filing this
report, officials of the Federal Roads Safety Commission said they were yet to
get details of the accident.
The accident, it was learnt,
might have been caused by burst tyre or loss of control.
Meanwhile, the Edo State Police
Command, on Thursday, paraded a kidnap kingpin during pre-anmesty days in the
Niger Delta, Wilson Emvobosa, over his involvment in recent abduction cases in
the state.
Emvobosa was paraded at the
state police headquarters along with 29 other suspected criminals, including
one Justice Ighere and Temitola Henry, who were arrested over alleged
vandalisation of petroleum pipelines at Ologbo.
Also paraded was a 55-year old
man, Fidelis Mbama, who was arrested for the alleged rape of a 15-year-old
girl, in the New Benin area, on 4th November, 2013.
Mbama confessed to the offence,
but pleaded for forgiveness.
The state Commissioner of
Police, Foluso Adebanjo, during the exercise, reiterated the command’s
readiness to rid the state of all criminal activities and to make it safer for
residents during the “ember” months.
He said, “Today, we have in our
custody 29 confessed suspects who are suspected kidnappers, armed robbers, and
rapists.”
Adebanjo said all the suspects
would be charged to court immediately.
Source: Punch
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