A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Ferdinand Ovundah, died yesterday, 24 hours after a big tree fell on a car he was travelling in, critically injuring him.
The Toyota Hilux van belonged to the Rivers State Secretary of the APC, Chief Emeka Beke. Ovundah,Beke and three other persons were all in the vehicle when the tree unexpectedly crashed during a downpour.
Ovundah, who hailed from Ogbakiri in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers state, had spinal cord injury from the accident and passed on yesterday in a private hospital in Port Harcourt.
Rivers Publicity Secretary of APC, Chief Chris Finebone, confirmed the death of Ovundah, last night describing it as pathetic and unfortunate. Beke and other occupants of the vehicle were on their way to the party’s secretariat on Forces Avenue, old Government Reservation Area (GRA), Port Harcourt, when the accident occurred.
Beke who sat beside the driver in the vehicle was injured as were others. They were all first rushed to the nearby Rivers State government-owned Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH) in the Port Harcourt and later to different private hospitals in the city.
Beke was yesterday afternoon at the Rivers secretariat of APC with a swollen face. He expressed sadness over the death of Ovundah.