The people of Taraba State were thrown into mourning on Sunday following a fatal motor accident that claimed the lives of six members of the state chapter of the Women Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria, WOWICAN.
The accident, DAILY POST learnt, occurred on Sunday while they were on their way to Jalingo, the state capital, from Gembu, the administrative headquarters of Sardauna Local Government Council.
The victims were travelling in an 18-seat bus after attending a conference that ended on Saturday in Gembu.
Mourners who spoke with DAILY POST described the incident as a black Sunday, not only to the Christian community but to the people of the state at large.
Describing the news as heartbreaking and devastating, Governor Agbu Kefas, who swiftly condoled with the families of the victims, noted that it was a black Sunday for the state.
The governor further stated that the circumstances of their deaths are regrettably tragic, as they were returning from the women’s CAN Conference, which ended in Gembu on Saturday.
While praying for the repose of their souls, the governor pledged his administration’s continuous commitment to safer roads, especially within areas that posed great threats to life. He said he has already directed that local government chairmen maintain existing roads with proper traffic controls, signage, and basic repairs.
His administration, he promised, would work hard to minimise the sad occurrences of road mishaps occasioned by bad roads in the state.