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Onitsha accident: FRSC boss condoles with victims’ families, urges safe driving
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Dauda Ali Biu ,has condoled with the families of victims of the crash along Onitsha -Inteje-Akwa axis in Anambra on Friday.
This is contained in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr Bisi Kazeem, on Friday in Abuja.
Biu ,however, called on road users,especially fleet operators, to exercise caution and be conscious of their environment whenever they are driving.
He urged motorists to avoid driving against stipulated speed limit on all roads ,saying it was necessary for all to take caution.
Biu said adhering to safety measures were important to help the corps eradicate or minimise incidences of road accident caused by impatience and lack of mental alertness of motorists.
“This advice came following the fatal crash that occurred involving a Mitsubishi L300 commercial Bus with vehicle registration number XE 245 AWK and a DAF Leyland Truck with registration number T-19094 LA at the aforementioned route.
“According to the first information report from the scene of the crash, eyewitnesses stated that the DAF Leyland truck was coming from Onitsha while the Mitsubishi L300 bus was coming from Nteje axis.
“8 vehicles got to the failed portion at the same time when the container of the Leyland Truck fell on the Mitsubishi Bus, ” he said.
The accident, which involved 10 people, killed five female adults, injured two male adults and two female adults.
The Corps Marshal commended FRSC operatives for their prompt response to the distressing situation.
This, he said, ensured immediate evacuation of the victims to the hospital for medical attention and clearance of obstruction ,allowing free flow of traffic within the axis.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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