Doctor, Parents, Sister Die In Road Crash While Traveling For A Wedding

The Igbo community in Jos, have been thrown into mourning following an auto crash involving a family of four who were travelling for a wedding in Anambra State.

Four victims, out of eight members of a family, were killed when a vehicle in which they were travelling had an accident between Aleyede and Oturkpo in Benue State.

The victims are a patent medicine dealer, Simon Onwubalili; his wife, Ifeoma, who was a staff member of the National Examination Council; a graduate of Medicine awaiting induction into the NMA, Dr Ijeoma Onwubalili; and her sister, Gracious  Onwubalili.

The family were said to be going for Ijeoma’s traditional wedding scheduled for December 31, 2017, when the accident occurred.

The first son of the family, Onyedika Onwubalili, confirmed the incident.

Source: Punch Metro