May Day tragedy: Many Kwara workers die in motor accident

Several wellness workers mislaid their lives connected Friday successful a fatal roadworthy mishap on Oke-Onigbin-OmuAran road portion returning from the 2026 Workers’ Day rally successful Ilorin, Kwara authorities capital, DAILY POST reports.

The victims, who were members of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN) successful Ekiti Local Government Area, were reportedly heading location aft participating successful the yearly May Day solemnisation held astatine the Kwara State Stadium successful Ilorin erstwhile the tragic clang occurred.

Although the casualty fig could not beryllium ascertained, eyewitnesses said the mishap occurred successful the evening aft 1 of the vehicles conveying the national members suffered a tyre burst, causing the operator to suffer power and starring to a devastating crash.

In his reaction, the Chairman of Ekiti Local Government Council, Awelewa Olawale Gabriel, described the improvement arsenic a achy stroke to the council, the wellness sector, and the authorities arsenic a whole.

“Our hearts are heavy. These were dedicated professionals who near their homes to observe the dignity of labour, lone to conscionable this unfortunate destiny connected their mode back.

“We person mislaid patriots who served our communities with compassion and commitment,” helium lamented.

He said the tragic incidental has formed a acheronian shadiness implicit what should person been a infinitesimal of unity and solemnisation for Nigerian workers, noting that the victims died successful ac...