Ijaw nation joins Prominent Ijaw Musician, Chief Barrister Smooth in mourning as he lost six members of his band to a gastly road accident along the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on their way to Kogi on Sunday. Reports say that the band was traveling from Warri to Abuja for a show when the vehicle carrying seven of the band members got involved in an accident. It was gathered that the band was engaged by a state government to play at the swearing-in reception for National Assembly members in Abuja on Tuesday. According to an eye witness account, the band members boarded a train from Warri to Kogi and were on their way to Abuja when the Toyota Siena car in which they were traveling had a collision with a tanker belonging to the NNPC. Reports say three of the victims died on the spot while three others died in the hospital. The driver was also said to have died instantly. A post in some major Ijaw community platforms stated that those feared dead include Chief Joseph Ekeremieye, Ikesima Brown,
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