The Delta State Government has withdrawn its participation from this year's Abuja Cultural Festival tagged NAFEST 2008.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Sunny Ogefere, says the State's withdrawal from the Festival was sequel to the involvement of it's contingent in a ghastly motor accident while others sustained serious injuries.

The statement adds that the state Executive Council directed the withdrawal at its meeting yesterday as a mark of honour to the dead.