PHOTOS: Mother Of Two Killed In Fatal Accident In Akwa Ibom State

A woman believed to be in her 30s was killed in a car crash in Ibesikpo-Asutan, Akwa Ibom State on Friday, July 7. The other passengers were injured in the accident which occurred crash along Aka-Nung Udoe Road, around Owot Uta Village, at about 12:45 p.m. 

The deceased was identified as Anwanabasi Enang, a mother of 2 and a resident of Idua Eket, Eket.

A witness, Aniefiok Ekwere told PREMIUM TIMES that the ill-fated green-colour Honda car, which was traveling from Uyo to Eket, had somersaulted multiple times along the highway.

According to the testimony of one of the injured passengers, the crash was allegedly triggered by the action of some personnel of a task force said to be working for the Akwa Ibom State government.

The task force, PREMIUM TIMES gathered, is meant to check illegal loading of passengers along the highways.

An official of the task force was said to have disguised as a passenger and flagged down the taxi, while other members of the task force, driving inside a brown Toyota Camry car, were said to be trailing the same taxi.