The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele
Fayose, has declared a three-day state-wide prayer for the repose of the
souls of the six students of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, who
died on Monday night in an auto accident.
The accident occurred around 7.30 pm in
front of the main gate of the institution when a Lexus car rammed into a
commercial mini bus plying the institution.
The governor, who made the declaration
during a visit to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital,
Ado Ekiti, said that the prayer was also meant to prevent a recurrence
of such terrible incidences.
Findings at the hospital by our
correspondent on Tuesday revealed that the right leg of one of the two
survivors had been amputated.
A hospital source said, “The accident
badly affected his right leg and he lost so much blood. His leg was
amputated to save his life.”
The Ekiti State Sector Commander of the
Federal Road Safety Corps, Maiwada Ismaila, confirmed that eight persons
were involved in the accident, while five died on the spot.
“One later died in the hospital. But the
two survivors are still in the Accident and Emergency Unit of the
hospital receiving treatment,” he said.
Our correspondent further gathered that five male and one female students died in the accident.
Five of them were in the car while the bus driver had two persons with him including a female, who survived the accident.
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