ONE supporter of Akwa United Football Club were yesterday
feared dead while many sustained different degrees of injuries in Ekparakwa
Junction, Oruk Anam Local Government, Akwa Ibom State, in an auto crash
involving a Toyota Coaster Bus.
The Akwa United supporters club, who were inside a Toyota
Coaster bus with Akwa Ibom state registration number 02A-138AK, were said to be
travelling to Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to cheer their players
who were billed to play with Enyinba Fc of Aba at the liberation stadium when
the coaster bus somersaulted along the way at Ekparakwa junction.
“Our supporters were travelling on the Akwa starlet bus for
the game in Port Harcourt when they suffered a brake failure,” club spokesman
Uwem Ekoh told BBC Sport.
“The bus flipped over, one of our fans died in the tragedy
and several others sustained serious injuries. It happened about 30 minutes after they left Uyo, so the
supporters have all returned home for immediate medical attention.”
The game between Akwa United and Enyimba did kick-off in Port
Harcourt.
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