Tragedy has struck the education sector in Delta State as a
bus conveying secondary principals who were traveling for an
all-important education meeting was on Friday involved in a ghastly
motor accident killing at least four of the principals while nine others
are said to be battling for their lives.
It was learnt that the principals were travelling to Kwale
in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state when the 18-seater bus
that they were in from Oghara to the venue of the meeting lost one its
tyres which resulted in the accident.
The teachers had just left their take-off point barely 15
minutes when the accident occurred along the Oghara-Mosogar section of
the Benin-Effurun-Warri road.
Although, it was not clear how many of the teachers were in
the vehicle, it was learnt that the majority of the principals were
women.
The State Commissioner for Basic & Secondary Education,
Mr Chiedu Ebie, who conveyed the meeting, confirmed the incident in a
chat with our correspondent on Saturday, describing the incident as most
unfortunate and regrettable.
Ebie, who abandoned the meeting for the scene of the
accident and the hospitals where the victims were taken to, lamented
that the incident was a big blow to the education sector in the state
and the Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa is saddened by the development.