By Idowu Gabriel
The speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Adeniran Alagbada, on Monday expressed shock and sadness over last Saturday’s accident that occurred at Iworoko-Ekiti market
Alagbada said that the accident had brought a huge loss and damage to the Ekiti people, describing it as an unpleasant news so early in the year.
The speaker’s condolence message is contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Mr Toyin Babalola and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Monday.
He said, “I have received with huge shock the report of the death of several persons and others injured in an accident involving a large truck; It is an unpleasant news at this time.”
Alagbada, however, expressed his condolences to the families of the bereaved and prayed that God should grant them the fortitude to bear the loss.
He wished those injured a safe and quick recovery.
The speaker assured the victims that he would liaise with the state executive arm on the need to provide the victims with necessary support to aid their treatment and quick recovery.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several people lost their lives in the accident involving a truck that crashed into a market at Iworoko Ekiti in the Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Saturday around 8.45p.m.
The truck coming from the Ifaki-Ekiti end of the Ifaki-Iworoko-Ado-Ekiti Road transporting bags of rice lost control and rammed into the market located in the heart of Iworoko. (NAN)
