At least three persons travelling to attend Monday handover ceremony in Abakaliki Ebonyi State capital have been killed.
They died in a ghastly motor accident in which several others sustained various degrees of injury
Details of the fatal accident was still hazy as at the rime the of this report but our source revealed that the vehicle was traveling from Izzi Local Government Area to Abakaliki.
Izzi is the home of the new governor Rt. Hon Francis Nwifuru.
Those injured in the accident have reportedly been moved to the Federalists Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki.
The swearing in ceremony which happened across the country yesterday was held at the Pa Ngele Oruta Township stadium, Abakaliki.