Normalcy returned yesterday to the scene of the accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Thirty shops, four trailers and 12 commercial vehicles were burnt at Oremeji-Agugu on Sunday when a lorry rammed into a fully loaded trailer, causing multiple accidents.
No one died according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) spokesman in Oyo State, Seun Onijala.
But it was learnt that some commuters were injured.
The incident, which occurred at 6:30 am, was said to have been caused by a Jigawa-bound truck loaded with wheat.
The Nation gathered that the driver lost control while trying to overtake another truck carrying pasta and noodles.
The front section of the Jigawa-bound truck, eyewitnesses said, came off, ramming into a NIPCO fuel tanker parked by the roadside.
The fuel tanker burst into flames.
Refuse around the scene has been cleared.
Shop owners have also started to clear the ruins and return for trading activities.
Onijala said yesterday that 21 people were involved in the accident.
He added that the corps would conduct an impact assessment today to prevent a recurrence.
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Accident: Normalcy in Ibadan
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Normalcy will soon return to filling stations – NUPENG
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Wednesday assured that normalcy would soon return to filling states nationwide if the current tempo of loading at the depots continued till the weekend.
Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of the union, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Korodo said that the NNPC commenced massive pumping of petrol to its depot at Mosinmi early this week and loading of petroleum trucks had started.
“Going round some depots in Lagos, I observed that loading was going on and more filling stations are selling the product at the control price.
“Some filling stations that are selling between N130 and N150 will be forced to sell at control price when the market is flooded with petrol.
“If NNPC can keep the tempo of the loading till weekend, more filling stations will have petrol and the queue of motorists at filling stations will reduce.
“The corporation should ensure that it keeps on pumping petrol to both major and independent marketers’ depots to reduce the scarcity,” he said.
The chairman appealed to NNPC management to ensure that it carried along all stakeholders in the oil and gas sector so that the fuel scarcity could end as promised.
Korodo urged the corporation to maintain the current loading system at depots.
NAN reports that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on March 29, said that the long queues in the petrol stations would disappear by April 7.
Kachikwu made the statement when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) over the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
He apologised to Nigerians over his statement that the fuel scarcity would linger till May.
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Normalcy returns to Isolo after gang war
Normalcy has returned to Oke-Afa Isolo, Lagos, after commercial activities were paralysed following a clash between commercial motorcyclists and hoodlums.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fracas started on Monday when a tout assaulted a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as “Okada rider’’.
The tout claimed that the rider did not pay his levy. The rider went to tell his colleagues and they reinforced to fight back.
Some shops were destroyed while hoodlums looted and harassed passersby.
The situation was brought under control on Monday evening by the police, but trouble ensued again yesterday.
An eyewitness said some people were made to trek because of the non-availability of tricycles and motorcycles.ý
Another eyewitness said the quick intervention of policemen minimised the destruction.
“If not for the intervention of the police, more property and maybe lives would have been lost,’’ she said.
Lagos Police Command spokesman Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent (DSP), said the clash was as a result of increase in the riders’ levy.
“The fallout was due to the increase in the Okada riders’ levy but calm has since returned to the place as our men had been deployed to put the situation under control,’’ he said.
Nwosu advised Lagosians to go about their daily businesses peacefully.
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Normalcy returns to Benue community
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Solomom Wombo, has said the Benue State Government, in collaboration with the police command, has deployed 1,400 armed security personnel to forestall further attacks on Ukum communities.
Gunmen, suspected to be Fulani mercenaries, attacked Angbaaye and Agena communities in Ukum Local Government Area last Sunday.
Thirty people were killed in the attacks and scores of others were injured.
The villages were deserted for the fear that the hoodlums might launch more attacks.
In a telephone chat with The Nation, Prince Wombo explained that with the deployment of the security men, normalcy has been restored in the crisis area and attention shifted to how the displaced can be resettled.
The “Prince of Sankera”, as the adviser is popularly called, dismissed the insinuation that the victims of the attacks were neglected by government as a result of the absence of governor Gabriel Suswam from the state.”
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Normalcy returns to Adamawa community
•Govt relaxes curfew
Normalcy has returned to Mubi, Adamawa State, following a tighter security to curb killings and the destruction of communication masts in the town.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the joint Army, police and State Security Service (SSS) team in an operation code-named Operation Restore Sanity clamped down on perpetrators of the act.
NAN also reports that many were arrested and arms, including Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), recovered during the operation.
The success of the operation prompted the state government to relax the three-day, 24-hour curfew on the town by nine hours.
Many residents, who spoke to NAN, noted that the development had led to improved security.
They hoped things would change for the better.
“We hope and pray that we have seen the last of this calamity which had affected us badly,” Abdul Ibrahim, a resident, said.
Ibrahim called for further relaxation of the present 6am to 3pm curfew to 6am to 6pm, to enable residents look for means of sustaining themselves.
Another resident, Joseph Bala, urged the government to further reduce the duration of the curfew.
He advised other residents to have faith in God and continue to pray for enduring peace in the town and the country.