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  • Motorist dies in road crash along Lagos-Ibadan expressway – FRSC

    A motorist was killed after he lost control of his vehicle and somersaulted along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said.

    Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun State FRSC Sector Commander, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota.

    Oladele explained that the accident occurred at about 7.40 p. m. on Sunday at AP turning point, along the expressway.

    “The accident involved a Nissan salon car with registration number APP 863 EF.

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    “The driver was heading to Lagos from Ibadan, but lost control due to over speeding. The vehicle veered off the road and somersaulted into the bush resulting in the death of the driver.

    “The corpse of the victim has been deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, Sagamu,” he said.

    The sector commander, advised motorists to desist from over speeding and adheres strictly to average speed limit, especially at construction sites to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.

    NAN

  • Easter: FRSC deploys 1,500 personnel in Ogun

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, on Tuesday, said it would deploy 1,500 personnel comprised of Regular and Special marshals for the 2019 Easter operations in the state.

    Mr. Clement Oladele, the State Sector Commander, disclosed this during the first quarter 2019 sectoral retreat of the command held at its headquarters in Abeokuta.

    The programme had as its theme “FRSC Intervention and Agreements: Implication and Preparedness”.

    Oladele explained that the command would be patrolling all the corridors in the state, especially Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    According to him, the frequent traffic gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway is due to the construction ongoing on the corridor.

    He said that the command had also deployed 25 patrol vehicles and five life support ambulances for the Easter patrol operation.

    To cushion the discomfort of motorists travelling during the Easter festivities, he said the command had reached an agreement with the construction company, Julius Berger Plc, to open up barricaded sections of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway during the season.

    Oladele said that the command recorded a total of 177 crashes in the state from January to March that led to the death of 102 people, including 10 children, while 473 others were injured.

    “Road construction zones accounted for most crashes recorded in the state with grave statistics as this, the avoidable loss of lives and properties is a huge cost to government and our society, ” he said.

    The FRSC Sector Commander said that the retreat was organised to further identify missing links and collectively find workable ways of improving traffic management in Ogun State despite the obvious challenges.

    In his remarks, the Zonal Commanding Officer, FRSC Zone 2, Mr Samuel Obayemi, urged FRSC personnel to justify the Federal Government’s support and commitment to road safety.

    Obayemi urged the personnel to ensure that road crashes were reduced to the barest minimum, and highways within the zone free of gridlock.

  • Exercise caution on Lagos-Abeokuta highway, FRSC urges motorists

    Mr. Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Ogun on Monday urged motorists plying the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway to exercise caution.

    He spoke against the background of complaints by motorists on the slow pace of the rehabilitation work on the highway and the consequent traffic snarl.

    Oladele, who noted that the challenge on the road would end with its rehabilitation, said the command could only interface with the construction firm to complete the project on schedule.

    “With the ongoing rehabilitation, there is now hope that when the project is completed, the hiccups associated with using the corridor would soon fizzle out as soon as the project is delivered.

    “On our part, the FRSC will continue to interface with the construction firm to provide adequate signage that conforms to the relevant UN conventions which Nigeria recently acceded to for purpose of highway safety,” he said.

    Motorists plying the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway have expressed concern over the slow pace of work by the construction company handling the project.

    The motorists, in separate interviews with NAN, on Monday in Abeokuta particularly complained that the construction company was using dividers to block a major part of the Owode-Ijako end of the road, resulting in traffic snarl.

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    Abeeb Ahmed, a commercial driver, said the pace of work was slow and had caused motorists and residents untold hardship.

    “We usually spend hours on this particular axis of the road; for example, this morning, we have already spent almost 50 minutes on a stretch of a journey that is supposed to take between five to 10 minutes.

    “I urge the Federal Government to monitor the activities of the construction company continuously and also give them an ultimatum which it must not fail to meet,” he said.

    Another motorist, Femi George, said there was need for proper monitoring of the state of work done so far, adding that the current tempo was not encouraging.

    “I think the rain that fell over the weekend resulted in this morning’s heavy traffic;  however, I want to beg the construction company to develop another approach that will hasten the  job in order to reduce the sufferings  of commuters and motorists,” he said.

    Patrick Jones, a resident of Owode, said the Owode /Ijako axis of the expressway was becoming a nightmare to travelers using the route.

    “I spent over four hours from Onihale to Tipper garage about two weeks ago.

    “The pace at which Julius Berger is working on both sides of the road is slow,’’ he said.

    NAN reports that the Federal Executive Council had on April 12, 2018 approved the revised contract for the construction of the Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Expressway to the tune of N56.70 billion.

    The project is being handled by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc.

  • Three die, 11 injured in Lagos/Ibadan expressway auto crash

    Three persons lost their lives while eleven others sustained various degrees of injury in a road accident when a Mazda bus somersaulted, near Makun city on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway on Friday.

    Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun, who confirmed the incident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Saturday that the somersault was preceded by excessive speed, tyre burst, and the driver’s subsequent loss of control.

    Oladele further explained that the bus, with registration number FST 578 XM, somersaulted many times, leading to the death of three persons, while 11 others sustained various degrees of injury.

    “Three male adults, eight female adults were injured, while one  male adult and two  female adults were killed in the accident,” he said.

    The FRSC official said that the injured victims had been taken to Idera Hospital in  Sagamu, while the bodies of the three people who lost their lives had been deposited at the morgue in Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH), Sagamu .

    Oladele urged motorists to drive with standard tyres.

    He also advised them to use their day time running lights, due to poor visibility, common in the early morning and late evening hours.

    NAN

  • FRSC targets to make highways more safer in 2019

    The Ogun Command of Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) on Thursday said its target for 2019 was to make highways in the state, the safest in the country.

    Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ota.

    According to him, the command would work with drivers to ensure compliance to all road traffic rules and regulations, as doing so would drastically cut down crashes on the roads.

    “The FRSC also hope to see motorists maintaining their vehicles before putting them on road and show compassion to other road users to ensure sanity on the roads,” he said.

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    Oladele noted that the Federal Government was trying its best to ensure that highways across the country are safer for motorists, and urged drivers to also comply with traffic rules.

    The sector commander said the corps would also intensify efforts in ensuring that commercial drivers yet to fix the speed limit device do so, before its enforcement on private vehicles.

    “The importance of speed limit devices cannot be overemphasized because it checks the excesses of drivers and reduce crashes.”

  • Nine-year-old girl walks again, 12 months after accident

    The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says  a nine-year old girl, Ajadi Islamiya, incapacitated in a fatal accident in 2017, now walks again, a year after the incident.

    Islamiya, whose mother died in the crash on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Dec. 31, 2017, walked exactly a year on the crash anniversary .

    Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, announced this on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun.

    A commercial bus with 18 passengers had on December 31, 2017, while heading to Lagos from Ekiti State, rammed into a stationary truck due to speeding along Ogere axis on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    Five people were killed including the mother of the girl, while 13 others sustained various degrees of injury.

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    According to him, Islamiya sustained multiple fractures from the auto crash and was taken to Victory Hospital, Ogere, Ogun, for an intensive treatment by the Ogere FRSC teams led by Mr Maxwell Lede.

    The sector commander commended the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Victor Emmanuel, for treating the girl without being sure of recovering his money for the past one year.

    ” I want to thank and give glory to God because she can now walk on her own without any artificial support.

    “Only God who preserves her from the valley of the shadow of death on the December 31,2017 is worthy to be praised,” he said.

    Maxwell Lede, who is the  Ogere Unit Commander of FRSC, told our reporters that he was excited to see that the command’s efforts in the timely rescue of the accident victims were not in vain.

    NAN

  • FRSC decorates 105 newly promoted officers in Ogun

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command, on Friday decorated 105 of its newly promoted officers in the state with their ranks.

    Speaking during the decoration ceremony at the command’s headquarters,  Abeokuta, Mr Clement Oladele,  the Sector Commander, said over 150 officers were promoted in Ogun out of the 4,000 promoted nationwide.

    He explained that 105 officers who were middle cadre officers and marshals were  decorated at the Ogun command, while the promoted senior officers had been decorated at zonal headquarters in Lagos.

    The sector commander urged the officers to dedicate their service to their father land, saying that they should not be carried away with the new ranks.

    He stated that the newly promoted officers should be grateful to God, saying that so many people participated in the promotion exercise but few were successful.

    Oladele said that the promotion was an opportunity to continue to contribute to national development.

    “Over 4,000 people were promoted nationwide and in Ogun State Command we have over 150 promoted officers.

    “One hundred and five officers were decorated today and other senior officers were decorated at our zonal headquarters in Lagos by the zonal commanding officer.

    “It is the other middle cadre officers and the marshals that were decorated today,’’ he said.

    The sector commander, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for allowing the promotion exercise to take place.

    Mr Olanusi Kolawole, one of the newly promoted officers, said that he would continue to show more dedication to duties.

    “I will try my best to give back to the corps what has been bestowed upon me and what is expected of me by the grace of God,’’ he said.

    Representatives of the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) witnessed the decoration ceremony.

    NAN

  • Impounded vehicles will not be released until January — FRSC

    The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday  said that vehicles impounded for violating traffic regulations at construction sites  would not be released until January next year.

    Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, disclosed this at the launch of Ember Months campaign orgainsed in collaboration with the Shell Nigeria.  The campaign was entitled : Safe Driving, Safe Arrival.

    He noted that for every two deaths that occurred during a crash this year, one of them occurred at construction sites.

    Oladele said this year had been most challenging for FRSC as road crashes were on the increase.

    “This development is alarming because the 214 lives lost so far this year was more than that of 2017 figure which was 210,” he said.

    He said over half of the crashes that occurred at various construction sites in the state could be traced to speeding.

    The sector commander implored motorists to be cautious at construction sites as vehicles arrested for speeding and over taking would be impounded.

    “Motorists should not speed above 50 Km per hour at construction sites to avoid unnecessary loss of lives. “Oladele said.

    He further cautioned motorists to desist from wrongful overtaking on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway due to several diversions on the roads.

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    Oladele commended both the federal and state governments for massive construction of roads across the state.

    Mr Adekunle Oguntoyinbo, Sango-Ota Unit Commander of FRSC, said that the campaign could not have come at a better time as the global attention was focused on road crashes.

    According to him, road crashes had caused immense damage to human and economic resources of the nation.

    He said that as  the festive period approaches, motorists must ensure that their vehicles were good  condition before embarking on any trip.

    “Motorists should ensure that their vehicles meet up with minimum safety standards before putting them on the road.

    “Their brake system and horn must be in good condition and also desist from using expired tyres,” he said.

    Oguntoyinbo also warned motorists to desist from using cell phone while driving.

    The unit commander reiterated FRSC’s commitment to collaborate with all stakeholders to reduce crashes and make the highways safer for the people.

    NAN

  • Nine killed in Lagos-Ibadan accident

    Nine persons were on Tuesday confirmed dead and five injured following an accident along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    The accident which occurred around 5:30 am, at Asese, involved an interstate Maccopolo bus with registration number SMK 867 XG and an Iveco truck AAA 193 XP.

    It was gathered that the accident was caused by the bus driver’s recklessness and over speeding.

    Those who died according to the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) comprised seven men and two women.

    FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun State Clement Oladele said three males and two females sustained varying injuries, adding that they were taken to Divine Touch Hospital, Ibafo.

    Oladele said the bodies of the dead were evacuated to Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) morgue, Sagamu.
    He said 43 persons were involved in the accident.

  • Nine feared dead on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway

    No fewer than nine persons were feared dead on Tuesday in an accident involving a Marcopolo bus and an Iveco truck at Aseese area on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway.

    Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the figure to the News Agency of Nigeria  in Abeokuta.

    Oladele said that the accident was caused by speeding by the driver of the bus marked SMK 867 XG.

    He said that the bus lost control and collided with the parked truck with registration number AAA XP at 5:30am.

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    “A total of 42 persons were involved in the accident; they comprised 34 males and eight females.

    “Three male and two female adults were injured while seven male and two female adults died,” he said.

    The sector commander told NAN that the injured victims were taken to a nearby hospital while the corpses were deposited at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital mortuary, Sagamu, Ogun.