Seven members of an advance team of Governor Godwin Obaseki who was to attend the convocation ceremony of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma have died in ghastly auto crash.
The deceased on Saturday were involved in an accident near Ehor village along the Benin-Ekpoma highway.
The victims include five adults and two children who were driving in an Audi 80 car which had a head on collission with a Toyota Hilux van.
Occupants of the hilux van were protocol officers of the Edo State Government House, heading for Ekpoma, headquarters of Esan West local government area as an advance party for the governor.
Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Mr. Anthony Oko, who attributed the cause of the accident to over speeding on the part of the driver of the Audi car, said he entered a pothole and rammed into the hilux van.
