The journalists were said
to be heading for a marriage ceremony of one of their colleagues when the
accident occurred.
Four Nigerian journalists
have been killed in a motor accident on Wednesday night on Airport Road, Uyo,
Akwa Ibom, South-South Nigeria.
The deceased reportedly
worked for Akwa Ibom Newspaper Corporation, publishers of Pioneer Newspaper.
Ibanga Isine, an
investigative journalist said “We mourn with our colleagues in the Pioneer
Chapel of the NUJ, Akwa Ibom State Council.”
One of them, who survived
but is receiving treatment at a General Hospital, Ituk Mbang said the driver
who probably was on speed lost control of the vehicle while trying to negotiate
a bend, causing the bus to somersault.
Corpses of those confirmed
dead have been deposited in a morgue.
Those who survived,
including the driver were said to be admitted in the emergency care unit of the
hospital for treatment of various degree of injuries they sustained.
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