9 JAMB Candidates Die In Accident
No fewer than nine candidates going to sit for the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations
today were feared dead in an auto crash on the Aba-Port
Harcourt Expressway.

The Public Relations Officer of the Abia
State Police Command, Mr Geoffrey
Ogbonna, said seven persons, including
the driver died instantly while two others
died later in hospital. The police did not
identify the victims.
The police image maker said that the
candidates were travelling on a Hiace bus
with registration number Rivers XY 249
from Port Harcourt to Aba.
Ogbonna said that the driver of the bus
rammed into a truck with with registration
number Lagos XC 109 SLK, parked off the
road.
He said that the accident occurred at
Obeaku-Ihie in the Ugwunagbor Local
Government Area of Abia at about 10.40
a.m.
Ogbonna said that the dead had been
deposited at the mortuary while six
survivors of the accident were in critical
condition and receiving medical attention
in a hospital Aba.
He said that the 15 seater-bus, was
conveying mainly people, going to sit for
the JAMB examination, slated for 27 April.
According to him, the clue comes from the
items recovered at the scene of the
accident.
A witness, Mr Peter Okolo, attributed the
accident to over-speeding and
recklessness on the part of the driver.
He said that the driver lost control of the
vehicle when he wanted to overtake a
vehicle in front of him.
“When he saw an upcoming vehicle while
he was over-taking the car in front of him,
he veered off the road and then rammed
into the truck parked off the road,” Okolo said

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