Two Died at Oakland Events Center Enugu.

The wife of Enugu State Governor has identified negligence and absence of maintenance culture as the major causes of the recent incident at Oakland Events Center Enugu which claimed two lives and left three others with different degrees of injuries. Mrs. Ugwuanyi made these views when she visited the injured victims at Niger Foundation Hospital in Enugu, noting that the incident was both regrettable and avoidable.

She called for measures to ensure that there would never be a re-occurrence of such disaster in the state and urged the parents of both the deceased and injured victims to be strong in their spirit while praying for the quick recovery of the injured ones and the peaceful repose of the souls of those that died.

The Managing Director of the hospital Dr Ngwu, in his response, thanked the governor’s wife for her timely visit, assuring her that the victims were responding to treatment. According to Mrs. Chioma Godwin, mother of one of the victims, the incident occurred when the Coffee Cup Ride at the center malfunctioned. She expressed gratitude to God for sparing the lives of her two children and to the governor’s wife for finding time to visit them.
Our Online Correspondent Chukwuma Ezeogu reports that Accompanying Mrs. Ugwuanyi during the visit was Mrs. Adaku Ubosi, wife
of the Speaker Enugu State House of Assembly, as well as wives of some
Local Government Area Caretaker Committee Chairmen.