The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has mourned the victims of the tragedy that left no fewer than five dead and several others injured on Tuesday when a vehicle drove into a crowd participating in a bikers parade in Calabar, Cross River State.
The former Governor of Anambra State while describing the incident as a ‘huge loss’ to the immediate and extended families of the victims, the government and people of Cross River State, and Nigerians in general, Obi said he was saddened by the loss of lives and many injuries recorded.
‘I sincerely commiserate with the families who lost their loved ones in this ugly incident and pray for the quick recovery of the injured. May God grant eternal rest to the dead,’ the LP candidate said in a tweet sighted by Africa Today News, New York on Wednesday evening.
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The incident, a Bikers/Exotic Cars Parade, was planned as one of the events leading up to the annual Calabar Carnival. According to eyewitness accounts, a driver in an unregistered vehicle that took part in the event lost control and rammed into spectators at the Bogobiri axis of the carnival route.
Africa Today News, New York reports that the victims were rushed to Navy Reference Hospital in Calabar, leading to an abrupt end of the event. Some eyewitnesses blamed the accident on poor crowd control.
Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that the Bikers/Exotic Cars Parade is part of the events leading to the Calabar Carnival.
The incident was reported to have happened on Tuesday at the Bogobiri axis of the carnival route after an unregistered participant vehicle lost control and slammed into onlookers.