The specialists were en route to the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Sokoto, when they had an accident on the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway.
The survivors and the bodies were passed on in seven ambulances and were gotten by Governor Ayo Fayose and other senior government authorities.
The six specialists were Tunde Aladesanmi of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti (FETHI); Ojo Taiwo of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH); NMA Secretary Akinyele Alex; J. Ogunseye of the Hospitals Management Board; President, EKSUTH branch of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), O. Olajide, Dr Adeniyi James of the FETHI and their driver, Moses Ajibola.
The caravan of ambulances landed in Ado-Ekiti at 6.30 pm joined by policemen, authorities of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Civil Defense Corps and authorities of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The train moved gradually through the town and set out toward EKSUTH, where the bodies were saved in the funeral home.
Six survivors, including the NMA State Chairman, Dr. John Akinbote, wearing dark, went with the ambulances.
A few occupants sobbed. Relatives and relations of the casualties moved on the ground and were forlorn.
Fayose, who was wearing dark, was joined by Deputy Governor Kolapo Olusola to get the bodies at Fajuyi Park from where the ambulances moved to the EKSUTH funeral home.
There was a gigantic activity between Fajuyi Park and EKSUTH as Fayose and his group joined the parade to the healing center.
The senator guaranteed to deify the specialists and help their families.
EKSUTH Chief Medical Director Dr. Kolawole Ogundipe said the bodies were kept at the mortuary to empower their families recognize them in readiness for their funerals.
It was accumulated that the group of one of the casualties, Dr Aladesanmi, will cover his remaining parts today.
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