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North Ivie Royal Father’s Vehicle allegedly Crushes Man to Death
North Ivie Royal Father’s Vehicle allegedly Crushes Man to Death
There was anguish and wailing in the Imiegba axis of North Ivie, Etsako East LGA, following a fatal head-on collision involving the vehicle conveying the His Royal Highness Mallam Ali Suleiman,
the Atoma I of Imiegba and Ogiegha IV of the Ivie and a pick-up van.
According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred on Friday, October 23rd, at Igodor village, a junction leading to Okpekpe and the imiegba a spot notorious for blind curves and high speed.
It was gathered that the royal father, who was riding in a jeep at top speed, was coming from the Auchi axis to meet up with the Friday Jumat prayer, which he leads as the community head, while the other vehicle, a pick-up van, was descending from the opposite direction where he has gone to supply building materials.
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The collision was said to be severe, with both vehicles badly damaged. The driver of the pick-up van, identified as Hundu Momodu Imodagbe, sustained critical injuries and was trapped in the wreckage.
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What has, however, sparked outrage in the community is not just the accident, but what happened afterwards.
Eyewitnesses alleged that the royal father’s loyalists and aides who arrived at the scene rushed to evacuate the monarch to the hospital, leaving the bleeding Imodagbe unattended to at the roadside.
For several minutes, the victim was said to be gasping for breath, while onlookers watched in confusion, with no first aid, no ambulance, and no medical personnel in sight.
Sources claimed that if Imodagbe had been given prompt attention, he would have survived, as his injuries, though serious, were not immediately fatal at the scene.
Respite only came when a Good Samaritan,lifted him in his car to an hospital in Afashio in uzairue but had lost so much blood that doctors could not save him.
He later died at the hospital and has since been buried in accordance with Muslim tradition, leaving his family and the community to ask hard questions about the value placed on ordinary lives,
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