Nine hospitalized as truck rams into seven vehicles in Imo

No fewer than nine persons were hospitalized as an articulated vehicle rammed into seven vehicles at the deeded Njaba bridge on Owerri/ Orlu expressway.

Uju Onwudiwe who represents Njaba constituency at the statehouse of Assembly confirmed it while moving a motion that urged the state governor, Emeka Ihedioha, to begin the urgent repair of the Njaba bridge.

The lawmaker said that she shed tears when she got to the scene of the incident and saw things for herself.

She said that the accident could have been averted if the damaged bridge had been repaired.

She said "Mr speaker and my colleagues you need to see what happened at Njaba bridge. That accident would have been averted if the damaged bridge had been repaired.

" As a lawmaker and as a mother I am very concerned. It could have been any of us. As I speak, nine persons are still hospitalized and others have gone. I also urge that the cars be removed from the roads before hoodlums hijack it."

While urging her colleagues to support the motion, she said that lives should not be politicised.

Eddy Obinna( Aboh Mbaise ) who spoke against the motion said that the road could not be given speedy attention because of paucity of funds.

He reminded the house that the legislature had been now declared a state of emergency on all roads in the state.

The speaker, Collins Chiji, who presided the plenary said that nobody was opposing the motion.

The motion scaled through when it was put to a voice vote by the speaker.