Tears As Bayelsa Bury Burnt Female Politicians

Many shed tears in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, on Tuesday as the remains of eight female politicians burnt to death on February 14, were buried at the Gloryland Cemetery in Azikoro Village.


The female politicians, including wife of the Secretary to Bayelsa State Government, Elizabeth Oguru, were burnt to death in a multiple motor accident after visiting the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience.

The accident at Ahoada in Rivers State involved a Toyota Sienna car, an SUV and a bus with the inscription, Peoples Democratic Party Women Initiative.

At the cemetery, family members, friends, colleagues, top government functionaries and well wishers broke down in tears as pall bearers brought the caskets bearing the remains.