A bus assigned to the Press Unit of the Edo State Government House was on Wednesday involved in an accident on its way from an official assignment.

This was contained in the statement issued by the Special Adviser, Media and Communication Strategy to the state government, Crusoe Osagie.

He said that a number of people in the bus and three other vehicles that were involved in the accident, including a medical doctor and a mother and child, sustained varied degrees of injuries, and are currently receiving treatments at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

Osagie said that an official of the state government has been sent to the hospital to ascertain the degree of injuries sustained by the victims, adding that the government is in touch with the doctors managing the victims, who are in stable condition.

He assured that the state government will pay the medical bills of the victims and clarified that no life was lost in the accident.

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