Diri mourns deaths of 10 people in auto crash
By The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has expressed deep sadness over the twin accidents in which no fewer than 10 Ijaw indigenes lost their lives on Sunday.
While six band members of a popular Ijaw musician, Barrister Smooth, died in the crash along the Kogi-Abuja Road, the other accident along the Kwale-Asaba highway in Delta State claimed four supporters of the Bayelsa Queens Football Club. Diri in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, on Monday, described it as a Black Sunday for Bayelsa and the Ijaw nation.The governor said their deaths were painful as these youths were active and impacting lives through their musical talent as well as following their passion to support the state’s darling female football team.
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