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  • Three die, 14 Injured in another Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident 

    Three die, 14 Injured in another Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident 

    Three persons were Thursday confirmed dead and 14 others injured after a truck rammed into commercial bus with 17 occupants.

    The accident occurred at about 5:30am around Berger on the Busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway, less than 24 hours after multiple crashes claimed no fewer than eight lives on the Ogun State axis of the road.

    It was gathered that an unregistered truck lost control and rammed into the commercial bus marked KRD326XG killing two males and a female on the spot.

    The Nation gathered that the bus somersaulted after it was hit by the truck and veered off its lane.
    While the three persons who died were trapped under the bus, others who made it out early sustained varying injuries.

    It was learnt that it took the combined efforts of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the State Fire Service, Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps  (NSCDC) officials to extricate the bodies of the deceased underneath the vehicle.

    Confirming the accident, General Manager LASEMA, Michael Akindele said it was caused by the recklessness of the truck driver.

    He stated that the agency received a distress call at about 5:36am on the accident, adding that all the injured were taken to the Accident and Emergency unit.

    He said: “We received a distress call through the emergency toll lines at about 5:36am. This prompted immediate activation of the ERT of LASEMA and other emergency responders which include Lagos State Ambulance Services, Lagos State Fire Service, Nigeria Police, LASTMA and the FRSC to the scene of accident.

    “Preliminary investigation carried out by the ERT at the scene of the incident revealed that the incident was as a result of reckless driving of the truck driver.

    “The truck collided with the LT bus, causing it to veer off the road leading to the accident. Nine passengers sustained serious injuries, while five others sustained minor injuries and were immediately rushed down to the trauma center by FRSC and LASAMBUS. The truck driver was taken to the Trauma center as a result of shock.

    “Three passengers were also trapped dead and were extricated by the LASEMA Emergency Response Team with the use of the light duty equipment. 17 passengers were said to be on board the bus.

    “Motorist should avoid reckless driving and also ensure that they drive within the appropriate speed limit to prevent road traffic accident in the State.”

  • NCSDC, Airforce team up against vandals, oil thieves

    The Bayelsa State commands of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Nigerian Air Force, Wednesday, formed an alliance against pipeline vandals, oil thieves, kidnappers and other related crimes in the state.

    The Air Officer, Commanding, Mobility Command, Air Vice Marshal Emmanuel Agungu, and the state Commandant, NSCDC, Mr. Desmond Agu, met at the corps’ command base Yenagoa, the state capital, and agreed to form a synergy in crime fighting.

    Agungu who was newly posted to the state visited his counterpart in the company of air officers demanding partnership to effectively combat oil thieves, vandals and kidnappers.

    Receiving his guests in company with other senior NSCDC officers, Agu said all the security agencies were established in the state by the Federal Government with a singular objective of maintaining law and order.

    He said when security agencies work in unison, they will fulfill the purpose of their mission and make the government, their paymaster happy.

    He told Agungu that the major criminal activities in the region are kidnapping, pipeline vandalism, illegal refineries and oil theft.

    He said the corps under his command had so far destroyed over 3000 illegal refineries in many local government areas of the state.

    Condemning activities of vandals, he said the corps was fighting against them because of their negative impact on the environment adding that farms, rivers and natural habitat had been destroyed by vandals.

    “Illegal refineries are killing the region. Many people are involved in it. But we are not relating because we have so far destroyed over 3000 of such refineries. We are also combating pipeline vandalism and kidnapping.

    “We are fighting vigorously against these vices because of their impact mainly on the environment. When pipelines are destroyed, crude oil spills into the environment destroying farms, water sources and aquatic lives. So, the people no longer catch fish”, he said.

    He maintained that forging a synergy would help the security agencies to form a common front against the vices.

    Agu also acknowledged that in their partnership, there could be inter-agency conflicts arising from misunderstanding among the other ranks.

    “I have alley told my operatives to avoid conflict with other sister agencies. We are one and we must work as a team”, he said promising to provide necessary assistance to the Air Force.

    Earlier in his remarks, Agungu said the NSCDC under Agu was doing its best in the state to protect the country’s resources.

    He said: We need to work together to achieve results. It will be difficult if we don’t work as a team. We are always available because we need to always interact,” he said.

  • Man in Court for hawking petrol in gallons

    Man in Court for hawking petrol in gallons

    A 35-years-old man, Ganiyu Suleiman, was on Tuesday arraigned at the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly hawking petrol in gallons.
    The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested him on March 15 along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
    Prosecution counsel, Matthew Omosun said 10 gallons of 50-litre petrol was found in a Toyota Camry Car belonging to the accused.
    Suleiman allegedly conspired with others now at large to engage in the sale of petroleum products without lawful authority, the court heard.
    The alleged offence is contrary to sections 1 (17) and 3 (6) of the Miscellaneous offence Act, 2004‎.
    Suleiman pleaded not guilty to the charge.
    Justice Abdulazeez Anka granted the accused bail for N500,000 with two sureties in like sum.
    The sureties must be around 40 years of age, with a landed property in Lagos, and must depose to an affidavit of means, to be verified by the court’s registry.
    He adjourned until June 14 for trial.

  • Two plumbers in jail for impersonation

    A Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday sentenced two plumbers, Mohammed Awalu and Mohammed Dauda, to four weeks imprisonment for impersonating soldiers.

    Awalu, 23, and Dauda, 29, pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and impersonating a public servant contrary to section 97 and 132 of the penal code.

    The presiding judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, who convicted them, however, gave them an option of fine of N40, 000 each.

    The Prosecutor, Oyeyemi Adeniyi, had told the court that men of the Nigerian Army Guard Brigade reported the matter at the police station on March 9, 2016.

    Adeniyi said that the convicts were arrested by Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operatives and handed over to military authorities when it was discovered that they were not soldiers.

    He told the court that both men were dressed in military regalia with the intension to release one of their friends detained by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).