The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has commiserated with victims of the Calabar Carnival tragedy that left at least five dead and several others injured.
A vehicle had on Tuesday drove into a crowd participating in a bikers parade in Calabar, Cross River State an event leading to the annual Calabar Carnival.
According to eyewitness accounts, a driver in an unregistered vehicle that took part in the event lost control and rammed into spectators at the Bogobiri axis of the carnival route.
Reacting to the incident in a series of tweets on Wednesday evening, Obi described it as a “huge loss” to the immediate and extended families of the victims.
“I sincerely commiserate with the families who lost their loved ones in this ugly incident, and pray for the quick recovery of the injured. May God grant eternal rest to the dead,”
“The unfortunate incident at the annual Calabar Carnival is a huge loss to the immediate and extended families of the victims, the government and people of Cross River State and Nigerians in general. I am saddened by the loss of lives, many injuries recorded.
