A newly married couple, Francis Edeh and Ann,
along with two others died in a car crash, weekend
on the Ugep-Abakaliki Road.
Francis and Ann, both from Ebonyi State and
resident in Calabar, Cross River State, were heading
to Abakaliki to thank family members, who attended
their wedding the previous week, Saturday,
September 7, in Calabar.
When they got to Amudo village, some 30 kilometres
to Abakiliki, their vehicle developed an electrical fault
prompting them to seek the services of an auto
electrician.
Omaka, an electrician at Amudo told Vanguard: “The
man came to my shop at 4p.m. and said his car had
stopped and that he suspects an electrical fault. So I
went with him on an Okada (commercial
motorcycle).”
He said he did his best but could not repair the
Toyota Camry car and sought the assistance of
Luke, another electrician in the neighbouring town,
Onueke. When Luke came, there was trouble
between the him and late Ann. Quarrel Omaka said:
“Luke took an Okada from Onueke to Amudo and
when he got here, he told Mr. Edeh to pay the Okada
man.
“But his wife started shouting, saying why should
her husband pay Luke’s transport fare, when he had
not even touched the car.” Omaka said despite the
tensed atmosphere, Luke still went on with the work,
but later advised the couple to leave the car till
Monday. He said Ann became angry and the couple
left for Abakiliki.
Omaka said: “They refused to take Luke’s advice.
The next day, which was Sunday, they decided to
come back to Amudo with Ortuh, another electrician
in Abakalilki on a chartered vehicle. On the way, the
car had a burst tire and collided, head-on, with a
tanker and the four of them died.”
Drunk driver A cab driver, Ogbada, told Vanguard
that Ortuh used to be a tipper driver before he
bought an Audi car with number plate, Akwa Ibom,
AG 727, KST with the money he got from driving the
tipper. Ogbada said: “I was the one the couple
contacted first. But I did not want to go, so I gave it
to the tipper driver.
“The man (driver) was drunk that morning and so
he collected just N1,500 from the man even when
we asked him to collect the complete sum for five
passengers, which is N1,800 since the transport
fare from Abakaliki to Amudo is N300 and his car
carries five persons.” ‘I warned them’ Luke, the
electrician in Onueke, said Ann was quarrelsome.
He said: “I told them not to repair that car till
Monday, because my spirit told me something. But
the woman was angry and thought I wanted to
punish them.
“Why did the man have to take his wife again the
next day to Amudo to repair the car? Couldn’t she
have stayed in Abakaliki, while he took Ortuh to
repair the car?”
The tanker is still parked at the Onueke Police
Station, while the bodies of the electrician and the
driver were taken to their villages for burial. The
couple’s bodies are at Onueke General Hospital
mortuary.
Source: Vanguard
along with two others died in a car crash, weekend
on the Ugep-Abakaliki Road.
Francis and Ann, both from Ebonyi State and
resident in Calabar, Cross River State, were heading
to Abakaliki to thank family members, who attended
their wedding the previous week, Saturday,
September 7, in Calabar.
When they got to Amudo village, some 30 kilometres
to Abakiliki, their vehicle developed an electrical fault
prompting them to seek the services of an auto
electrician.
Omaka, an electrician at Amudo told Vanguard: “The
man came to my shop at 4p.m. and said his car had
stopped and that he suspects an electrical fault. So I
went with him on an Okada (commercial
motorcycle).”
He said he did his best but could not repair the
Toyota Camry car and sought the assistance of
Luke, another electrician in the neighbouring town,
Onueke. When Luke came, there was trouble
between the him and late Ann. Quarrel Omaka said:
“Luke took an Okada from Onueke to Amudo and
when he got here, he told Mr. Edeh to pay the Okada
man.
“But his wife started shouting, saying why should
her husband pay Luke’s transport fare, when he had
not even touched the car.” Omaka said despite the
tensed atmosphere, Luke still went on with the work,
but later advised the couple to leave the car till
Monday. He said Ann became angry and the couple
left for Abakiliki.
Omaka said: “They refused to take Luke’s advice.
The next day, which was Sunday, they decided to
come back to Amudo with Ortuh, another electrician
in Abakalilki on a chartered vehicle. On the way, the
car had a burst tire and collided, head-on, with a
tanker and the four of them died.”
Drunk driver A cab driver, Ogbada, told Vanguard
that Ortuh used to be a tipper driver before he
bought an Audi car with number plate, Akwa Ibom,
AG 727, KST with the money he got from driving the
tipper. Ogbada said: “I was the one the couple
contacted first. But I did not want to go, so I gave it
to the tipper driver.
“The man (driver) was drunk that morning and so
he collected just N1,500 from the man even when
we asked him to collect the complete sum for five
passengers, which is N1,800 since the transport
fare from Abakaliki to Amudo is N300 and his car
carries five persons.” ‘I warned them’ Luke, the
electrician in Onueke, said Ann was quarrelsome.
He said: “I told them not to repair that car till
Monday, because my spirit told me something. But
the woman was angry and thought I wanted to
punish them.
“Why did the man have to take his wife again the
next day to Amudo to repair the car? Couldn’t she
have stayed in Abakaliki, while he took Ortuh to
repair the car?”
The tanker is still parked at the Onueke Police
Station, while the bodies of the electrician and the
driver were taken to their villages for burial. The
couple’s bodies are at Onueke General Hospital
mortuary.
Source: Vanguard
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