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Ebonyi accident: Three more bodies retrieved from river
Three more corpses were, on Sunday, recovered from the river that a bus conveying 32 passengers, who were returning from a burial, plunged into on Friday.
The crash occurred in the Akaeze Ukwu community, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State..
Edujandon.com reports that the victims attended a funeral in the Afikpo South Local Government Area of the state and were on their way back to Enugu State, when the incident happened.
One of the three corpses recovered was identified as a retired police officer, CPS Livinus Mbah.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Loveth Odah, told our correspondent, âThree more corpses have been recovered. Among them is the lifeless body of CSP Livinus Mbah (retd.), making a total of 23 victims.
âThe corpses have been deposited at the Mater Misercordae Hospital, Afikpo, for preservation. Effort is on to recover the remaining 10 persons.â
Investigations revealed that 19 out of the 23 persons were brought out dead, while four were hospitalised and responding to treatment.
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