A bus assigned to the Press Unit of the Edo State Government House was involved in an accident on its way from an official assignment, today, Wednesday, March 14, 2018.
A number of people in the bus and three other vehicles that were involved in the accident, including a medical doctor and a mother and child, sustainedvaried degrees of injuries, and are currently receiving treatments at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).
An official of the state government has been sent to the hospital to ascertain the degree of injuries sustained by the victims and we are also in touch with the doctors managing the victims, who are in stable condition.
We have undertaken to pay the medical bills of all the victims. No life was lost.Â
- Crusoe Osagie
- Special Adviser, Media and Communication Strategy, Edo State Government
