Ovia River

Benin City, Edo State, has witnessed yet another dreadful incident as a pick-up truck and its passengers plunged into the Ovia River on Monday. Shockingly, this occurrence came just five days after a similar accident on the same bridge, where eleven lives were tragically lost due to a collision with a truck.

Similarly, it is reported that the accident resulted from a truck striking vehicles that had reduced their speed to cross the deteriorating bridge.

However, there are discrepancies regarding the vehicle that plunged into the river, as an eyewitness maintains that it was a fully loaded Sienna bus, …