The wife of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Mrs Elizabeth Edmund Oguru, is among the women who died on Saturday night after a visit to the First Lady, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan.
The accident occurred in Ahoada on the East-West Road in Rivers State.
Others who died included Mrs Consider Amadi, a former Woman Leader in Ogbia;
Mrs Clara Abila, a grassroots politician;
Mrs Immaculate Amasimua, a former Commissioner in the Bayelsa State Civil Service Commission;
Mrs Zimbra Goma, a former Commissioner for Women Affairs in Bayelsa State; and Hon. Ruby Benjamin, a former member of the House of Assembly representing Brass Constituency 1 of Bayelsa State.
Meanwhile, a Government House statement says, all official engagements of the Governor have been suspended for three days as a mark of honour and respect for the souls of the departed women.
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