Two persons have reportedly died while three are missing after campaigning for the Deputy Senate President and Delta governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was learnt that the incident occurred when the victims were returning home in a boat from the APC campaign at Okerenkoko on Tuesday.
A source said, “Two supporters of the APC have died in a boat accident with three others missing at Okerenkoko on their way back from campaign.
“Seven others are reportedly in the hospital battling for survival after they were rescued from the scene of the accident. They were in a boat returning from the campaign of the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, the Delta State governorship candidate of the APC.”
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Confirming the incident in a statement, Ima Niboro, Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Campaign Council, said Omo-Agege and Delta APC grieved over the incident and as a result had suspended campaign indefinitely.
Niboro disclosed that a commercial boat travelling in the opposite direction rammed into the boat carrying the APC supporters resulting in the loss of two lives and three missing while seven others were receiving treatment in a hospital.
The Delta chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday commiserated with the APC over the Tuesday’s boat mishap, which claimed the lives of some supporters in Okerenkoko.
The condolence was conveyed in a statement by Dr Ifeanyi Osuoza, the state PDP Publicity Secretary and Deputy Director, Media and Publicity of the state Campaign Council in Asaba.
