YOUTHS from Ihieorji and Umuocha villages in Obingwa local government area of Abia state have taken to the streets to protest the killing of their kinsmen by a reckless driver whose identify was yet unknown.
The deceased persons were identified as Mr. Chibueze Ugorji, the Youth President of Umuocha village, Obi Mgboko Amaise autonomous community and his, one Mr. Chibuike Nwaobilor Ogidi; Ugorji’s apprentice.
The accident was said to have occurred within the Mgboko community.
They were said to be returning from where they had gone to mount canopies for an event in a commercial tricycle when they met their untimely death.
The tricycle they boarded was said to have had head-on collision with a speeding car at a sharp bend of the Obikabia-Umuene road in Obingwa LGA.
The impact on both automobiles was said to have caused bodily injuries on the commercial tricycle occupants.
It was gathered that Ugorji died instantly while Ogidi died on the way to the hospital, forcing the youths conveying him to turn their tricycle to head back to the scene of the accident.
The Nation
