Nigeria, Feb. 17 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State has promised to offer support to victims of a road accident along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Highway in Enugu State.

In a statement on Monday by his Media aide, Ferdinand Ekeoma, Mr Otti said he received with sadness a report that 15 people died in the accident.

The governor said the accident involved some Umuahia-based traders who travelled to Enugu for a traditional wedding ceremony, but unfortunately lost their lives in the crash.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the accident occurred on Saturday night near the gate of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Enugu State.

A witness, Marvellous Ochiegbu, told this newspaper on Tuesday that t...