Maduchukwu, Abia governors wife media aide dies in convoy accident
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immediately the vehicle began to somersault he said1 two women died on tuesday in an auto crash involving the motorcade bearing the wife of abia governor mrs nkechi ikpeazu.one of the dead was nwamaka maduchukwu the media aide to mrs. ikpeazu1 maduchukwu was a senior special assistant on media to mrs. ikpeazu1 the news agency of nigeria nan learnt that the accident occurred when the motorcade was returning to umuahia from ntigha-uzor in obingwa local government area of abia where ikpeazu had attended a burial1 witnesses said that the hummer carrying the deceased somersaulted thrice when the driver attempted to overtake a vehicle at ndiolumbe around 5 p.m1 a female occupant of the vehicle who escaped unhurt told nan that the driver was on high speed when the accident occurred1 the driver was on high speed and everybody in the vehicle was asking him to slow down. suddenly the bus started jumping up and down before it started somersaulting she said1 she said that the vehicle somersaulted about three times and that she only found herself seated safely on a field by the road1 the middle-aged fair-complexioned woman who was wearing a dress designed for the burial was full of praises to god saying that i escaped death by his grace1 the driver of the hummer mr bright ugwubujor blamed the accident on brake failure1 narrating the incident to nan at the accident and emergency unit of the federal medical centre umuahia ugwubujor said that the accident occurred when he attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead of him1 when i tried to overtake the vehicle i noticed an oncoming vehicle and attempted to retreat but i encountered a bump on the road and when i tried to apply the brake it could not work1 the other woman was identified as mrs promise uche-nwamkpa wife of a former member of the abia state house of assembly1 a medical doctor at the unit where all the victims were brought for medical attention confirmed to nan the death of the two women1 he said that other occupants of the bus including the driver sustained bruises and minor injuries1 he further said mrs promise uche-nwamkpa was brought in dead to the hospital1 the second woman mrs nwamaka maduchukwu gave up while doctors were battling to resuscitate her with the aid of an oxygen he said1 maduchukwu was a widow and mother of four children1 she was also the chairperson state information chapel of the abia council of the nigeria union of journalists nuj1 the chairman of nuj in the state mr john emejor who was at the hospital to sympathise with the victims has expressed shock over the incident1 also the former lawmaker uche-nwamkpa who came to the hospital to identify the body of his wife wept uncontrollably1 her body was thereafter taken to the hospital morgue1 meanwhile members of maduchukwus church and colleagues resorted to frantic prayers to revive her1 an aide to the governors wife mr chika ojiegbe said the office of the wife of the governor will issue a release soon. nan1