Avoidable calamities: Blame game mounts as bloody highways claim 2,233 Nigerians in four months The Punch
Published 12 July 2021
ADELANI ADEPEGBA writes on the factors responsible for the rising road crashes in the country with the attendant loss of lives
last Thursday, some military trucks ferrying troops on reinforcement to Damaturu, Yobe State, in response to a Boko Haram attack on a village, crashed in a screech of grinding metal and steel when one of the vehicles lost control and hit a boulder by the roadside. Before the incident, a video had shown the convoy driving at top speed on the narrow road. Thankfully, no lives were lost, but about nine soldiers were injured in the crash.
HIGHWAYS OF DEATH: 41,257 killed in road accidents in 97 months
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…How 204 persons were crushed in January 2021
By Clifford Ndujihe
THEY had been at home for 10 months on account of the closure of schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They eagerly returned to school mid last month and were set to write their final examinations, graduate and join in the efforts to develop their father land.
This will no longer be for Samuel Adesomoju Tobi, a final year law student and Oluwasemire Ojinni, a final year Business Administration student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Ondo State.
The duo were among 15 victims of an accident at the university gate on January 23. While Adesomoju was one time president of the Students union of the university, Oluwasemire was the first female president of the National Association of Business Administration and Management Students of AAUA.
Mob sets cattle-laden truck ablaze for killing Oyo boy
Wale Oyewale, Ibadan
A truck loaded with cattle was reportedly set ablaze in Saki by angry mob for killing a boy named Ayuba Raji on Monday.
According to an eyewitness, Kazeem Adebiyi, the incident happened at Challenge junction, along the Saki Dual Lane Road.
The accident, he said, could be linked with speeding by the truck driver.
Adebiyi said due to the ongoing construction work on the road, motorists usually violate the one-way rule.
A resident of Saki, Mr Adekunle Lawal, urged the contractors handling the project to device a means to construct speed breakers in order to prevent motorists from overspeeding.
• Mob sets cattle-laden truck ablaze in Oyo after killing a boy
Two persons suspected to be husband and wife were yesterday crushed to death in an accident involving a Toyota Camry car, a Sino truck and a motorcycle around Odogbara, a few metres from NNPC station on the Sagamu-Ogijo road in Ogun State.
Spokesperson of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen. He said the accident, which occurred at 7:40a.m., was caused by speeding, reckless riding and brake failure on the part of the motorcycle that had no registration number.
He stated that the motorcycle hit the Camry car, marked FKY-733 GF, at the rear, fell across the road and a truck coming behind crushed the two passengers on the motorcycle, while the rider sustained injuries.
No Fear Of Attack, Cattle Burnt With Truck In Saki Belonged to Yoruba People, Not Fulani – Residents
There had been fears that there might be a reprisal following the burning of the truck as cattle business is seen as traditionally dominated by Hausa/Fulani people.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 13, 2021
Residents of Saki, a town in Oyo State, on Wednesday said there was no fear of a reprisal from Hausa/Fulani cattle owners over the burning of a truck loaded with cows on Tuesday in the community.
The cattle-laden truck was burnt after it was involved in an accident that claimed the life of a boy.