Eight people were killed in a fatal accident involving supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State yesterday
The accident occurred on Otukpo- Agatu Road in the state while the party supporters were travelling to Agatu for the flag-off of Abba Moro senatorial campaign for the 2019 elections.
Abba Moro, a former Minister of Interior, is the PDP senatorial candidate for Benue South.
The accident occurred at about 10 am.
Heraldnigeria.com gathered that the multiple accident occurred when the tyre of one of the buses conveying some PDP supporters burst and it veered off the road.
Other buses conveying party supporters were then said to have rammed into one another, resulting in the high casualty figure.
Benue State governor Samuel Ortom and Senator David Mark yesterday visited injured victims at St Francis Hospital in Adoka, Otukpo Local Government Area.
The accident also forced Abba Moro who is the PDP senatorial candidate to cancel the flag-off campaign scheduled to hold in Agatu, Benue South.
Governor Samuel Ortom, who visited the hospital in Adoka in company with former Senate President David Mark and the Deputy Governor, Engineer Benson Abounu, announced indefinite postponement of the PDP senatorial campaigns flag-off in Zone C.
The Governor described the incident as painful and unfortunate, saying it was a huge loss to the entire PDP family in the state.