Accident: Stakeholders commiserate with Okomu Oil Palm Company
Accident: Stakeholders commiserate with Okomu Oil Palm Company
Condolence
By Kevin Okunzuwa
Benin, Feb. 27, 2020 (NAN) The Managing Director of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc., Dr Graham Hefer, has thanked stakeholders for the concern shown to the company, following the loss of six members of staff in a road accident.
A statement by the company’s Media officer, Mr Fidelis Olise, in Benin on Thursday, quoted Hefer as thanking the stakeholders as the list of sympathisers visiting the company continued to grow.
According to the statement, the Chairman of Ovia South West LGC, Mr Destiny Enabulele and the management team of National Park were among those that joined the list of visitors to the company.
Olise quoted Hefer as saying that the support and encouragement shown had gone a long way to strengthen the management and staff of the company during the very sad time in its history.
The managing director said that numerous stakeholders had either called or visited to commiserate with him on the untimely death of his workers.
These include the Esogban of Benin Kingdom, Chief Edebiri; the Iyase of Udo, and many other Nigerian stakeholders and foreign investors from Brussels and Switzerland.
According to the statement, the Conservator of the National Park and his team have also visited the company to commiserate Hefer.
The managing director said that the tragic event and the solidarity shown by everyone had once again shown that the world is a global village where what touches one, touches all.
Speaking during his visit, Enabulele said he was deeply touched by the tragic event.
He said that Okomu oil company had been a good partner and some of those who died were from his LGA.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased were among the nine staff involved in the accident that occurred along Iguobazuwa Road in the state on Feb. 14.
The company had in an earlier statement announced the incident.
It said that on Feb. 14, on the Siluko public road, a minibus carrying nine Okomu PLC employees was involved in a head on collision with a tipper lorry.
The company said that six employees lost their lives in the tragic accident.
According to the statement, three other workers were seriously injured when the minibus in which they were travelling collided with the tipper lorry carrying sand and subsequently burst into flames. (NAN)
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Edited by Oluwole Sogunle