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The accident occurred at Ahoada axis of East-West road in Rivers state.
The Bayelsa Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission Mr. Vincent Jack confirmed the development in a telephone interview with reporters on Sunday.
He further explained that nine persons died in the fire that engulfed the vehicle; two died without burns while many others who sustained injuries are receiving treatment at Madonna clinic in the area.
According to him, the accident occurred when the tyre of an oncoming Toyota Sienna van exploded and rammed into the bus carrying the women, a situation that led to the bus going up in flames
It was gathered that a coaster bus in which the women were travelling bore the inscription of "Women For Change Initiative", a pseudo-political NGO promoted by First Lady, Patience Jonathan.
Gbaregolo Eseimokumo, a former Councilor in Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa, who is a relative to one of the victims, said Mrs. Consider Amadi a former women leader in Ogbia died in the crash.
Mrs. Clara Abila, a grassroots politician, Mrs. Immaculate Amasimua former Commissioner Civil Service Commission Bayelsa, Mr. Elisabeth Oguru wife of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government also perished in the accident.
Others are Mrs Zimbra Goma former Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Ruby Benjamin former House of Assembly Member representing Brass Constituency 1 in Bayelsa amongst others.
According to a security source, all the women in the bus died except for a woman who managed to escape and is receiving medical attention.
The women were returning from Okrika in Rivers state where they had gone to pay a two-day a solidarity visit to Mrs. Jonathan
In a related development, Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Sunday sympathized with the government and people of Bayelsa State over the death of some prominent women from the state in a motor accident in Rivers State.
Although the two-paragraph statement by her spokesman, Ayo Adewuyi, did not give the circumstances surrounding the death, an online report said the women, including the wife of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Elizabeth Oguru, died after a visit to Mrs. Jonathan.
The statement read, “The First Lady, Dame Dr. Patience Faka Jonathan wishes to commiserate with the Government and people of Bayelsa State, over the death of some prominent Bayelsa women in a motor accident around Elele in Rivers State, on their way to Bayelsa. “The First Lady prays the Almighty God to grant the souls of the deceased eternal
rest and the families the fortitude to bear
the irreparable loss.”
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