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A mother whose three children were crushed to death in an accident which happened in front of the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, has died of shock.
A former spokesman for the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Joe Igbokwe, who confirmed the development in a Facebook post, said the incident happened on Saturday after hearing the sad news about her children.
Igbokwe’s post was titled: ‘I am in deep pains and totally diminished as a mortal’.
He wrote, “An accident occurred yesterday (Saturday) in Akungba, Ondo State….these three guys were from same parents, a trailer crushed the three of them together in their shop and they all died instantly. Their mum died on the spot on hearing the news. Two of them are final year students of Ondo State University…….”
The crash reportedly occurred when a Dangote truck carrying cement lost control owing to brake failure and rammed into business centres and shops near the institution’s gate, leaving many people dead and others injured.
A former students’ union president of the university and final year Law student, Adesomoju Tobi, was among the victims.
The university’s management on Sunday ordered closure of the institution till further notice.
Acting Vice Chancellor Prof. Olugbenga Ige, who visited the scene, commiserated with the victims’ families, describing the incident as a tragedy.
Meanwhile, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Boboye Oyeyemi, according to a statement on Sunday by FRSC spokesman, Bisi Kazeem, had deployed safety engineers to Akungba, Ondo State, to ascertain the causes and to incessant trailer crashes that have bedeviled that particular route of the highway and recommend solutions.
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