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Nine Church Members Die in Moniya-Iseyin Auto Crash

Revelations coming from the Saturday’s ghastly accident at the Iseyin end of the Moniya-Iseyin road has shown that nine members of Baptist Church in Ibadan were among the 18 dead passengers.

It was learnt that a reverend father and eight of the church members were in the bus that was coming from Saki which collided with the one coming from Ibadan.

Sources close to one of the victims revealed that the nine church members went to Saki for a ceremony and were on their way back when the incident occurred.

The bodies of the nine were deposited at Our Lady Hospital in Iseyin, apart from those deposited at FADOK hospital, also in Iseyin.

The wife of of the reverend father of the yet to be identified church, who was still in comma as at the time of publishing this report suffered broken legs and arms, yet to know the status of her husband and other members involved in the accident.

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