The Speaker of the Ogun state House of
a$$embly, Suraj Adekunbi, on Saturday shunned
victims of a ghastly accident which occurred
along the Owode-Siun-Abeokuta expressway. The
accident claimed three lives, and injured 10
others.
The crash, which occurred at Onipepeye village,
along the Owode-Siun-Abeokuta dual carriageway,
involved two commercial vehicles: a white Nissan
Premiere, with registration number LSD 770 BZ
and a green Space wagon, with registration
number GGE 950CQ.
A Premium Times correspondent, who met the
accident victims in company with other
sympathizers, reported that Speaker Adekunbi
got to the scene of the crash in his official
car barely few minutes after the accident
occurred, but drove past the scene even while
bodies laid on bare ground and injured victims
wreathed in pains.
He was in a convoy of his official cars,
reportedly heading towards Lagos.
Onlookers wondered why he failed to demonstrate
compa$$ion and lend helping hands to the
victims.
Witnesses say rather than stop to help in the
rescue operation, the Speaker merely peeped at
the accident scene through his car window and
then ordered his driver to drive on.
The Speaker’s action baffled many sympathizers
at the scene, who could not suppress their
anger, some of whom rained abuses on him as his
car drove away.
Mr. Adekunbi could not be reached to comment
for this story Saturday night. He did not not
answer or return multiple calls to his
telephone seeking comments.
At the scene, one lucky survivor told PT that
the Premiera car was heading to Sagamu from
Abeokuta when the driver suddenly lost control
and swerved to the other side of the dual
carriageway.
It then had a head-on collision with the
oncoming Space wagon car, heading to Abeokuta
from Lagos.
The impact of the crash was disastrous as the
two cars appeared to be over-speeding.
Three persons, including a toddler, died on the
spot, while other pa$$engers suffered varying
degrees of injuries.
A team of Ogun State Traffic and Compliance
Control arrived the scene early enough and were
seen evacuating the victims to hospital.
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