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  • Eight killed, others injured in Ogun road accident

    A road accident on Sunday has left eight persons dead while two others, including an expectant mother and toddler,  were  injured.
    The accident  occurred at Ewekoro, opposite the Police Post, along the Lagos – Abeokuta expressway, and involved a Toyota Corrola sport car marked AKD 649 FP which rammed into a parked truck by the roadside.
    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident attributed the cause to “over speeding and lost of control.”

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    Akinbiyi said 10 persons – four males, four females and two kids were inside the car at the time of the accident, adding that a pregnant woman and a kid were injured in the process while eight lives were lost.
    He added that the remains of the dead were kept at the  morgue of the State General hospital, Ifo.
    Akinbiyi stated: “the driver who is suspected to be drunk and  over speeding, lost control of the vehicle and rammed into a stationery trailer parked along the road, killing eight persons inside the vehicle.
    “Though the driver of the parked trailer was not in the truck when the accident happened, he reported himself and  has been arrested by the Operatives of the  Ewekoro Divisional Police Headquarters.
    “The pregnant woman among the survivors has been referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta for treatment.
    “While TRACE Corps commiserate with the family of the dead, drivers are once again admonished to avoid over speeding, overloading and drunk driving. In the same vein, indiscriminate parking of vehicles on the traffic corridor with reckless abandonment will no longer be tolerated.”

  • Truck crushes motorcyclist to death in Ogun

    A motorcyclist was on Sunday morning crushed to death by a hit-and-run truck driver around Van Milk roundabout on Iloawela road in Ogun.

    Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta.
    Akinbiyi said that the accident occurred around 12:59 a.m. and that it involved an unidentified truck and a red  Boxer Motorcycle with registration number ABG 973 QB.
    He said that the accident was caused by dangerous riding by the motorcyclist and also excessive speeding on the part of the truck driver.
    “The truck hit the motorcycle and in the process ,the rider died on the spot while two other passengers sustained injuries,” he said.
    The public relations officer said the injured persons were taken to Ifo General Hospital, while the deceased’s body was deposited at the mogue of the same hospital.

  • Ogun: Two jailed  for assaulting TRACE officials

    A Magistrates’ Court in Ijebu-Ode on Tuesday sentenced two men, Michael Godwin, 24, and Yemi Odutosin, 24, to three months imprisonment each for assaulting officials of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE).

    They were said to have committed the offence on April 2 in Ijebu-Ode while the officers were performing their lawful duty.

    At the resumed hearing of the case, Magistrate  S.S. Sotayo sentenced both men to three months imprisonment each on the five-count charge against them.

    Sotayo said the sentences would, however,  run concurrently.

    Amongst the charges were conspiracy and unlawful assault of some TRACE Officers–Adekoya Ope-Oluwa, Oyeyemi Morakinyo, and Adelabu Muinat.

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    Though the convicts initially pleaded not guilty to the charge, they, however,  later admitted guilt and begged for leniency.

    Reacting to the judgement, TRACE Corps Commander in Ogun, Abdul-Fatai Ogunyemi, expressed delight that justice was finally delivered.

    Ogunyemi,  in a statement signed by the TRACE spokesman, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the judgment would serve as a deterrent to would-be offenders.

    The TRACE boss further used the opportunity to assure all officers and men of the corps of their safety and lawful protection at all times while on lawful duty.

    Ogunyemi, however, advised officers and men of the corps to be civil, polite and courteous while on duty.

  • Two die, three injured in Lagos-Sagamu expressway accident

    Road traffic accident on Lagos – Sagamu expressway has left two persons dead and three others injured on Thursday morning.

    The accident which involved a Golf car marked FKJ 764 XB, a mini truck with registration number ABG 352 ZD and unmarked bus carrying musical equipment, occurred when the bus ran into the mini truck in bid to avoid colliding with the golf car.

    The driver of the bus and a passenger died at the accident scene.

    It was learnt that the driver of the golf car created the commotion leading to accident when he drove into the expressway from the adjoining road without looking out for on – coming vehicles.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, who confirmed the accident, attributed the cause to careless driving.

    “We learnt the Benz mini-bus was coming from Ijebu-Ode this morning loaded with Musical instruments, when in an attempt to avoid hitting a Golf car which suddenly entered the expressway, ran into a mini-truck carrying diesel with two occupants inside.

    “Out of the three passengers in the bus, two died on the spot, including the driver, while the third passenger was injured along with two other persons in the truck carrying diesel,” Akinbiyi said.

    According to him, the injured were taken to Idera hospital, Ajaka, in Sagamu and remains of the dead kept at the Fakoya hospital also in Sagamu.

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  • Ogun Traffic agency decries reckless driving by tanker drivers

    Ogun Traffic agency decries reckless driving by tanker drivers

    Mr Seni Ogunyemi, the Corps Commander, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps ( TRACE ), on Monday decried the rising rate of fatal accidents caused by  tanker drivers’ reckless driving.

    Ogunyemi spoke in a telephone interview in Ota while commenting on the death of four people allegedly caused by tanker drivers between Oct. 19 and Oct. 21.

    The corps commander said that the increasing road crashes involving tanker drivers was due to reckless driving and poor maintenance of their vehicles.

    Ogunyemi said that the tanker drivers were not heeding to the corps’ campaign on road safety and the need to update their training.

    According to him, this attitude is not helping the corps in its efforts to curb carnage on the roads.

    “Ogun Government can no longer tolerate and allow the tanker drivers to continue to kill innocent souls in the state.

    “The state government will not hesitate to prosecute and subject erring drivers to psychiatric tests and sometimes jail if found guilty in the court of law,” he said.

    Ogunyemi, however, urged the drivers to exercise caution while driving on the highways so that lives and property would no longer be wasted through needless and avoidable accidents in the state.

    NAN

  • Court remands meat seller for assaulting TRACE official

    Court remands meat seller for assaulting TRACE official

    A 26-year-old meat seller, Kadejo Taiwo, who allegedly assaulted a Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) officer with a cutlass, was on Friday remanded in prison custody.

    Taiwo, of no fixed address, is facing a charge of assault before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun.

    The prosecutor, Cpl. Mustapha Abdulkareem, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 27 at about 5.30p.m. at Atan, Agbara Junction, Ota.

    Abdulkareem said that the accused assaulted the TRACE official in the course of discharging his duty by inflicting injury on his head with a cutlass.

    He said that the offence contravened Section 356(6) of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun, 2006.

    The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. A. I. Adelaja, ordered that the accused should be remanded in Abeokuta prison.

    The case was adjourned until July 5 for hearing.