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  • Oranmiyan festival: two die, one injured as police arrest PDP senatorial aspirant

    A senatorial aspirant of Oyo Central Senatorial District on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bisi Ilaka and one of his security details were yesterday arrested by men of the Oyo State police command over the shooting of two persons in Oyo town.

    The incident that led to the death of the persons was said to have occurred during the grand finale of the annual Oranmiyan festival, held at the palace of Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III.

    Source privy to the incident said the PDP senatorial candidate in the 2015 election had visited the palace to grave the annual celebration before a trigger-happy security aide mistakenly shot at a man and woman while trying to disperse some touts who had followed his car at about the time he was leaving the venue of the event.

    The source said: “The aspirant got to the venue, dressed in white agbada guinea material. Within about 20 minutes, he was about to leave when some touts rushed after him to collect money from him. As they were running after his vehicle, one of the guards in his entourage fired some shots from his gun and immediately a young man selling discs with a bag hung on his back was hit in the head.

    “He fell down immediately and died. Another bullet hit another woman on her back and she fell down. She also died. Another woman was hit on the arm and leg and she fell. She was carried and rushed to an undisclosed hospital.

    “Immediately the crisis erupted, the crowd blocked the vehicle of Ilaka and dragged him down, beating him. Some people rescued him from the angry mob later. But they descended on his driver. The driver was mercilessly beaten and he was stripped naked. He kept shouting that he was not the one that fired shots but just a driver.

    “The mob kept beating him and he tried to escape, running back naked to the field where the festival was taking place. The mob still beat him till he fell on the stage before the dignitaries, where he was rescued by the policemen. In the melee, everybody scampered for safety.”

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Adekunle Ajisebutu, who confirmed the incident, said Ilaka and the trigger happy security guard have been arrested by the police, saying the security guard is not a policeman. He added that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abiodun Odude, has ordered full scale investigation into the incident.

     

  • Two dead, one injured as train averts collision with bus in Lagos

    At least two hangers-on have been confirmed dead and one other injured after a train averted a collusion with an abandoned commercial bus.

    The incident occurred Friday morning at Pen Cinema, Agege, Lagos.

    It was gathered that the three victims were sitting atop the train when it veered upon sighting the bus from afar.

    Witnesses said one of the victims fell on the rail line and was shredded by the moving train, while the other two injured lost some body parts and were taken to a hospital, where one of them later died.

    The train was said to have continued its journey, oblivious of the casualties.

    Irked by the incident, hoodlums, it was gathered, set the bus ablaze as onlookers rushed the injured to nearby Orile-Agege General Hospital.

    Confirming the incident, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, who was at the scene, said the wreckage of the bus had been removed.

    He said: “It is true there was an accident there, but untrue that many people died. The bus was empty and packed on the side.

    “The three victims were hanging on top of the train. One of them died, while the other two sustained injuries. They were taken to a nearby hospital but we are going there now to see them, assess their condition and relocate them if necessary.

    “We have appealed to residents so many times to stop hanging on moving objects. Sitting on top of a moving train is dangerous. It is deadly. People should value their lives.”

  • 10 killed, one injured in Ogun road crash

    10 killed, one injured in Ogun road crash

    Ten persons died in a road accident at Kilometre 27 of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    The accident, which occurred on Tuesday, involved a Ford bus, registered as BDJ410YM, and an IVECO truck, belonging to Dangote Group.

    One person was injured in the accident.

    It was learnt that the bus, en route Ibadan, was trying to overtake near a road diversion when it collided with the truck, bearing cement.

    For nearly an hour, the victims were reportedly trapped under the truck.

    The Route Commander and Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, said a construction firm, RCC, brought its crane and removed the mangled bus from the truck to evacuate the dead.

    In a statement she signed on behalf of the State Sector Commander, Clement Oladele, the commander said the dead included seven men and three women.

    She added that the lone survivor was taken to Ife-Plus Hospital at Ogunmakin and the bodies deposited at FOS morgue at Ipara-Remo.

    According to her, the FRSC recovered N151,340, with 10 mobile phones and goods.

    Okpe said: “A fatal crash occurred on January 9 at 2100 hours (9 p.m) immediately after the diversion made by RCC to enable repairs of weakened bridges around the segments of the expressway.

    “A commercial bus in wrongful overtaking was travelling from Lagos and attempted to overtake vehicles travelling at the section of the road diversion and, in the process, collided head-on with a Dangote truck laden with cement and travelling in opposite direction – from Ibadan, and heading towards Lagos.

    “This resulted in the passengers in the commercial bus trapped. It took the intervention of RCC crane requested by the FRSC Rescue team, to extricate the trapped passengers from the truck. A total of 10 of the passengers died from injuries sustained from the impact of the crash.

    “They were made up of 07 male and 03 female Details of the two vehicles are a Ford bus with vehicle registration number BDJ410YM and an IVECO truck belonging to Dangote Company but with no vehicle number plate.

    “Eleven adults were involved in the crash, comprising eight male adults and three female adults; one male adult was injured in the crash. The injured was taken to Ife-Plus Hospital, Ogunmakin, while the bodies were deposited at FOS at Ipara in Ogun State.

    “Motorists are once again reminded to note an earlier traffic advisory issued by FRSC’s Ogun State Command on 16 December, 2017, over the diversion created around Sancrete up to Fidiwo Bridge by RCC to enable the repairs of the weakened bridges around the area, which are expected to be completed by end of this January.”

     

  • One injured as FUTA workers protest

    One injured as FUTA workers protest

    One person was injured yesterday in a protest by some workers of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
    The protesters said to be members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) demanded the sack of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Adebiyi Daramola, who they accused of “financial impropriety”.
    In September, Prof Daramola appeared before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following a petition which indicted him.
    Workers had protested several times against the VC’s retention.
    The protesters converged on the entrance to the VC’s office, preventing him and his aides from entering the office.
    It was learnt that the driver of one of the vehicles in the VC’s entourage hit a protester.
    He was taken to the hospital, where he is still receiving treatment.
    Although the victim’s identity could not be ascertained, it was gathered that he was one of the sacked workers of the staff school.
    The university spokesman, Adegbenro Adebanjo, said he was not aware of the development.
    Police spokesman Femi Joseph said the matter was an accident, adding that the police are investigating the matter.

  • One injured, 15 rescued in Lagos boat mishap – NEMA

    One injured, 15 rescued in Lagos boat mishap – NEMA

    The National Emergency Manage-ment Agency (NEMA) on Saturday confirmed that one person was injured as 15 others were rescued from a wooden boat which capsized at Grinaldi Port near Tin Can Island, Apapa, Lagos.

    This was contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, and made available to newsmen in Lagos.

    The statement said the incident was caused by a bigger boat which destabilised the wooden boat.

    “A wooden boat capsized at Grinaldi Port close to Tin Can Flyover Bridge, Coconut Bus Stop, Apapa, with 15 passengers on board.

    “All passengers were rescued alive and only the driver of the boat sustained injury,” it stated.

    It said the incident occurred at about 8.30 p.m. on Friday and that those rescued had gone to their different destinations.

     

    Farinloye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the injured driver refused to be treated, opting to treat himself in a private hospital.

    He said Marine Police and other stakeholders were still investigating the cause of the accident.

     

  • One injured as fire guts Police Barracks shop

    One injured as fire guts Police Barracks shop

    A 14-year-old girl,  identified as Ada was yesterday injured in a fire that razed a shop attached to the Police Barracks in Surulere, Lagos.

    Ada, an Senior Secondary School II pupil of St. Nicholas College, was buying home videos Compact Disk (CD) when the incident occurred.

    A trader, Toheeb, said one of the workers was filling an electricity generating set with fuel while the engine was still running and in the process, it exploded.

    “The shop number is 5 and they sell audio and video CDs. The owner wasn’t around when the incident occurred. As the electricity generating set exploded, men of the Federal Fire Service, Surulere Division, were contacted and the girl was rushed to a nearby hospital because her legs and arm were affected,” Toheeb said.

    An eyewitness, who gave his name as John said he was sleeping on a sofa when people shouted fire.

    He said: “My shop is two shops away. I almost urinated on my body when I heard fire. Even the woman who sells phone accessories beside the shop wasn’t aware it was burning. She sat comfortably attending to customers. Ahh! I pity the owner of the shop because he lost a lot of goods to the fire. We haven’t witnessed such incident here before and I pray nothing of such happens again.”

    He said the fire fighters had to remove the cars packed close to the shop to avoid explosion.

    “The fire fighters tried and I thank God they are close to us. If not, it would have affected so many shops,” he said.

     

  • One injured in NSCDC, Task Force clash

    One person has been injured in a clash between officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the National Task Force in Asaba, Delta State.

    The National Task Force was set up by the Federal Government to combat illegal importation of goods, small arms, ammunition, light weapons as well as monitoring of oil pipeline vandalisation.

    It was gathered that trouble started when operatives of the Task Force were escorting an impounded truck loaded with 22,000 litres of petroleum products and three suspects to its station.

    The operatives had earlier paraded the suspects.

    It was gathered that the operatives allegedly clashed with officials of the NSCDC at the popular Koka junction on the Benin-Onitsha expressway.

    But the Secretary of the Task Force, Paul Robertson, said there was no clash between his men and NSCDC officials. He alleged that the Task Force operatives were ambushed by NSCDC officials.

    His words: “At about 8pm, we decided to move the suspects to our unit station beside Oshimili South Local Government Secretariat.

    “On getting to Koka Junction, we were ambushed by NSCDC operatives. They came armed and started attacking our men with guns, knives and other weapons.

    “I had to restrain my men from confronting them because we don’t want any casualty.

    “Although we were under strict instruction from our Director-General, Dr. Osita Okereke, not to release the truck and the suspect to anybody, the NSCDC reinforced and overpowered our men and took away the truck and the suspects to an unknown destination.”

    A NSCDC official said he was not aware that there was a clash between the two groups. He said it was only the NSCDC that was empowered by law to prosecute any suspected pipeline vandal.