PDP Mourns Death Of 8 Members Who Died In Benue Auto Crash

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) have mourned the death of eight of its members who died in an auto crash in Benue State on Friday.

The deceased were said to be involved in the motor accident while traveling for the party’s campaign rally in the state.

Describing their deaths as “painful”, the PDP tagged the victims as “heroes of democracy, who paid the supreme price in the course of their commitment towards rescuing our dear nation from shackles of misrule.”

Speaking in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP leadership expressed pain “that these party faithful died on their way to the flag-off of the PDP Benue South Senatorial campaign, in their quest to ensure an acceptable, people-oriented representation of their zone in the Senate.

The statement further reads: “The PDP commends Governor Samuel Ortom, other leaders and members of the party in Benue state for their interventions and charged members from other states to join in extending their hands of fellowship towards the bereaved and the wounded at this critical time.

“The party also called on members to ensure that the deceased did not die in vain by remaining united in working harder, now, more than ever before, to ensure the party’s victory in all elections in the state.

“While praying for the peaceful repose of the soul of the dead and speedy recovery for the wounded, the party deeply condoles with their families, the PDP Benue Chapter as well as the government and people of Benue state, for this tragedy.”