It was indeed a black Saturday in Akwa Ibom State, as a man, his whole family were among more than 20 members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses that got perished in a fatal road accident along the Utu Etim Ekpo road, in Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state.
The tragic incident which occurred on their way to their annual convention in Ikot Ekpene Local Government area of the state also left 40 other members of the church severely injured.
It was gathered that more than 70 members of the church had hired a Lorry from Ukanafun Local Government Area to Ikot Ekpene for the three-day annual district convention on Friday, but on their way, tragedy struck, leaving many members of the church d**d.
The corpses and those injured in the accident were said to have been taken to nearby hospitals and mortuaries.
May Jehovah console the families of those affected.
