Two weeks ago, many families mourned,
following the death of no fewer than 80 people, including 57 passengers
of a commercial luxury bus, which collided with a fuel tanker in
Ugbogui, on the Benin-Lagos expressway and burst into flames. The
victims were burnt beyond recognition and were given mass burial last
week. However, today the family of Kenneth Chinedu Nwaokoro, a
24-year-old final year student of Information Technology of Caritas
University, Enugu, who survived the accident, is rejoicing.
This lucky young man, from Imo State, was returning to Enugu to
complete his final year project, after visiting his brother in Lagos. He
is currently on admission at the Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu. Narrating
what happened and how he survived, Nwaokoro told Saturday Sun: “When we
left the park to embark on the journey, our bus was half filled; so the
driver picked passengers along the road until the bus was filled,
except for the seat beside me, which I did not allow anybody to occupy.
