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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