Published August 20th, 2023
SENATOR NDOMA EGBA DECLARES WAR AGAINST ONYEMAKI FAMILY AS TRUCK CRUSHES WIFE, SIBLINGS TO DEATH
By Akintola Almed
War has been declared against Mr. Onyemaki Afule and his entire family in Owa-Alizomor Community in Ika North-East Local Government Area of Delta State, following the Friday fatal road accident which claimed the life of wife of the former Senate Leader to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, former Senator, Cross River Central Senatorial District in Cross River State.
Egba’s wife who is identified as Mrs. Amaka, her two children alongside five others lost their lives in the accident which involved four vehicles with about eight people injured.
According to sources who spoke with Ika Weekly Newspaper Reporter on the condition of anonymity, "The vehicles involved in the crash were Mr. Onyemaki's Truck, a commercial Toyota Avensis, a Honda car and one Toyota Coaster belonging to the Sports Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA.
"The accident was caused by the Truck Driver, Mr. Onyemaki Afule. He rammed into the vehicle where the Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba's wife and her two children were traveling with.
"Immediately the fatal accident happened, we started looking for the truck driver we taught maybe he escaped the scene and ran to the police station for fear of being killed by the youths around premises, unknown to us that he ran all the way from Ore-Okitiputa Road in Odigbo Local Government Area of Odo State where the accident occured that very moment to hid in his village in Delta State leaving his Identity Card and Driver's License in the car, "he said.
Newsmen also learnt that since the death of the Senator's wife, Mr. Onyemaki has been into hiding, until he and his wife were murdered in cold blood on Tuesday morning in Delta State by unknown gunmen.
Speaking with newsmen, an uncle to the late Onyemaki, Mr. Monday Afule said that ever since he lost his Cousin, Onyemaki and his wife, the life of his children, Favour and Ekele has been in danger. He said this because many people have been harassing and threatening to kill them the way their father died, " he concluded.
It was gathered that the late wife of the former Senate Leader, was being conveyed in a Toyota Coaster bus, belonging to the Sports Centre of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko from Benin to Igbokoda, in Ilaje Local Government area of the state.
The occupants of the ill-fated bus, according to one of the sources, were on their way to a burial programme at Igbokoda.
It was gathered that the truck first hit the two cars before crushing the coaster bus into the bush.
Four persons including Amaka Egba, were said to have died in the bus while three others died in the two cars that were first hit by the truck.
Confirming the accident, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State, Mr Ahmed Hassan,confirmed the accident.
The Sectors Commander, however, said that only four persons, three females and a male died in the accident.
He also disclosed that eight other persons were critically injured and taken to Pima Hospital, Ore for treatment.
Also speaking, the Head of Public Relations, Media and Protocol of AAUA, Mr. Victor Akinpelumi, said the only information he had, was that a Coaster bus of the institution, on official assignment, was involved in an accident.
Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, two of the children of late Mr. Onyemaki Afule, Favour and Ekele were nowhere to be found as the entire members of their family have gone into hiding place over threats to their lives.
