4 JAMB UTME Candidates Die in Road Accident

Four candidates who were travelling on Saturday to write the UTME/JAMB examination died in an accident which occurred on Ahoada-Abua road in Rivers, a witness and the police said.

The witness said the victims were travelling from Yenagoa to their centres in Abua, Rivers.

The witness said a taxi cab coming in the opposite direction had overtaken another vehicle but lost control and collided with commercial motorcycles conveying the candidates.

He said that the accident occurred between 6a.m. and 7a.m. and the remains of the deceased taken to the morgue at Abua General hospital.

When contacted, the Bayelsa Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Eguaveon Emokpai, told NAN on telephone that he was not aware of the accident since it was not within his jurisdiction.

However, the Police Public Relations Officer in Rivers, ASP Ben Ugwuebulam, confirmed the deaths and said two persons had been admitted in Teme Clinic, Port Harcourt, for treatment.

Ugwuegbulem said the injured persons were in critical conditions.

It was learnt that some of the candidates going to Abua for the examination rode on commercial motorcycles from the Ahoada junction on the East/West road because of the scarcity of taxi cabs.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria

10 COMMENTS

  1. 1.I need a helping hand,particulaly to achieve my dreams. 2.Many Nigerians youth do not have access to study in the university today becoz of poverty. 3.We are so call the leaders of tomorrow;if eduation is for the riche ones. 4. Let the govnment help me out of this situation. 5.Big thanks to the UME for the necessary provisions made for the 2011 JAMB.

  2. @adeniyi just log on to jamb.org.ng and go to username and password input them respectively,should incase u don’t understand it then contact me on [email protected] or search for me on facebuk using the Email or send me a mail containing ur username and password i will help out,but not on this site coz i might 4get to check back
    bolaji

  3. I want to appeal to our govt to please find a solution to our admission issue.he our parent didn’t in to the university cos there is no money,will the same thing happen to us too,how are we going to get rid of this poverty?

  4. I want to appeal to our govt to please find a solution to our admission issue.if our parent didn’t go to the university cos there is no money,will the same thing happen to us too,how are we going to get rid of this poverty?

  5. Some body help me with my slip, my worlet was stolen with my Utme slip on saturday after Utme exam when i was going home. I reach Home and i discover the missing of my pulse including my phone. The Name of the school is Baptism secondary school Liberty Oke Ado, IBADAN. My seated number is 166 .TANX