Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has confirmed the death of three of its lecturers in the road crash that occurred last weekend at Abudu village in which over 22 persons were roasted.
It said the three lecturers were in the Department of Pharmacy and that they were returning from Awka in Anambra State.
Names of the deceased lecturers were given as Prof. Lucky Okunrobo, Head of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Dr. Godwin Joseph, Ag Head Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Dr. Saturday Idemudia, Assistant Lecturer Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology.
A statement signed by Public Relation Officer of the institution, Mr. Micheal Osasuyi, said the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Faraday Orunmwense, expressed shock over the death of the three lecturers.
The statement said the VC commiserates with families of the deceased.
Meanwhile, the deceased lecturers and other victims of the accident have been given a mass burial near the site of the accident.
Public Relations Officer of the Edo Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, George Otoaviokhai, said the victims were buried last Saturday.
He said the charred victims could not be identified by their families.
