ATIKU, SARAKI, AND OTHERS VISIT PLATEAU TRUCK ACCIDENT VICTIMS

On Sunday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, paid a visit to scores of injured party supporters at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), who were involved in a road accident in Plateau State’s Mangu local government area on Saturday.

This comes as the PDP presidential candidate has canceled all campaign events scheduled for Sunday, January 15, 2023 to honor the 16 people killed in the accident.

Earlier on Sunday, the State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed the death of 16 people and the injury of 83 others in an accident involving a truck transporting PDP supporters on Pankshin-Jos Road in Panyam, Mangu local government area of the State.

PDP chieftain and immediate-past Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, who accompanied Atiku on the visit to JUTH, along with other party chieftains, disclosed the visit on Sunday night via his verified Twitter handle.

“Just left the University Teaching Hospital in Jos with our presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar @atiku, to visit the victims of the unfortunate road traffic accident,” Saraki wrote.

“I commend Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s decision to suspend all other campaign engagements slated for today, recognising that the well-being of the people is paramount and should take precedence over every other activity.

“We took the time to meet with every single patient, offering them words of comfort and encouragement while expressing gratitude to the hardworking medical team.

“Furthermore, he and the entire PDP family promised bereaved families that their loved ones’ deaths would not be in vain.

“We are confident that under Alhaji Atiku’s leadership, the Nigeria of their dreams, which the departed strongly believed could be realized through a PDP government at both the state and federal levels, will come true.”