Nollywood actor cum content creator, Odira Nwobu has recounted a deadly accident he was involved in while traveling from Lagos to Enugu.
TheNewsGuru recalls that Nwobu was involved in the tragic accident last month after accepting an invitation from a real estate company to shoot promotional content in Enugu.
Though the company offered to book his flight and allow him to bring a friend or two, his companions insisted on joining him for the trip.
Recounting the incident, Nwobu recounted the events leading to the crash that claimed the life of his close friend.
The actor revealed that shortly after their journey began, he developed a persistent cough: a recurring issue for him during early morning travels. He said the group made a stop for coffee, and he switched seats to sit in the front.
He said disaster struck when the driver attempted to overtake a long trailer on a bridge.
He said he witnessed friends with broken limbs and head injuries, while the driver repeatedly lost consciousness.
He said: “I got a very important invitation. A project that can bring up the status of my friends and me. I was meant to go to Enugu for an advertisement for a real estate company. I saw it as a stepping stone for my career and my friends.
“I am making this video so that you know exactly what happened and how God saved everybody’s life, except one.
“So, my friends told me that they want to join me. At the very least, even if I cannot or they cannot afford the flight for them, let them enter Motu and come to Enugu. However, since they are my friends, and some of them have mentioned that they want to go to the East, at least to have some fun and return.
“Just the five of us. On that fateful day, we came. On the way, I started to feel a cough.
“While travelling, I woke up very early in the morning, and such a thing happened to me. So, we stopped somewhere and took a coffee. My friends, everybody stopped. Both the driver took a coffee. So, I decided to stay in the front of the seat because my friend had been sitting there before.
“I woke up and I saw my friends had woken up. I was wearing a seat belt. The thing nearly affected my wrist and my spinal cord because I was bending down like this on the car. The thing just bent me so hard.”