EastWest road mayhem: NDDC to distribute cash, palliatives to victims

) have condoled with victims and families of a petrol tanker incident at Eleme axis of East-West road of Rivers State last week.At least 60 vehicles were officially confirmed to have burnt down, with properties worth millions of Naira destroyed.

Chairman of the NDDC Board, Chiedu Ebie, a Lawyer yesterday sent the commission’s condolences to the families of those who died in the event and sympathised with the others who were injured, and yet those who lost properties, vehicles, structures to fire. Speaking through the Representative of the State in the Board, Tony Okocha, the Board Chairman described those affected by the fire as circumstantial victims noting that many of them lost their only source of living, and worse are those who lost their lives to the “terrible” incident.

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