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Death of the humorists Folo and Agbasco: the circumstances of the drama finally known


The road accident that occurred on Sunday, July 23, at the height of the village of Kassakopé in the prefecture of Blitta is still the headline news in Togo. Three days after the drama, the tongues loosened and the witnesses reported precisely, the real conditions in which the accident took place with him, the lives of five Togolese humorists including Koffi Folivi, known as Folo and Sodji Asrivi, better known as The scene name of Agbasco as well as a passenger embarked with them.



"The vehicle was in front of us. The accident happened before our eyes and we were the first-ever to see the shock. The vehicle of the artists went in the opposite direction when he found himself face to face with the truck semi-trailer which tried to pass in a turn while it rained in showers, "reports Ferdinand GADE, an eyewitness of the drama.

The same facts are reported by Philippe Attakpa, a Socialist Pact for Renewal (PSR) executive who also lived the same scene. This drama, he thought, could have been avoided had it not been for the speed of the RAV4 on which the humorists were. "It's the road that killed them, it's the speed that killed them," he lamented on Tuesday at the Victoire Fm radio microphone.

The government is compassionate

The actual circumstances of this tragedy are also specified by the government in a communiqué issued on Monday evening, July 24, 2017. According to the statement, the vehicle driving Folo and Agbasco to Lomé, transported a total of six ) People. He collided head-on with a truck moving in the opposite direction to the village of Kassakopé in the prefecture of Blitta, which, according to the statement, "almost reduced" the vehicle to pieces killing under the blow, all passengers .

"The government bows to the remains of most of the humorists and presents its deepest condolences to the grieving families and their corporations, The statement urges all road users to comply with the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act and to observe the rules of prudence in order to avoid traffic accidents which "mourn families and deprive the nation of its vital forces".

Since the occurrence of this drama, several meetings and prayers are organized by the friends of the victims and their fellow artists to greet their memory and pay them a well deserved tribute, learned the Afreepress News Agency.

AY Several meetings and prayers are organized by the friends of the victims and their fellow artists to greet their memory and pay them a well deserved tribute, learned the Afreepress News Agency. AY Several meetings and prayers are organized by the friends of the victims and their fellow artists to greet their memory and pay them a well deserved tribute, learned the Afreepress News Agency.

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