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  • Two dead in suspected cultists’ clash in Imo

    Two persons suspected to be cultists were at the weekend gunned down during a clash.

    The Nation learnt that the incident occurred last Saturday at Ejemekwuru in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

    The incident, it was gathered, occurred close to the venue of a campaign, which had Governor Rochas Okorocha, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Imo West, in attendance.

    An eyewitness said the victims identified as Tochi and Ndukwe, were shot dead by soldiers who were drafted to quell the clash.

    Police Commissioner Dasuki Galadanchi, however, confirmed that only one youth was allegedly shot by the soldiers, who were on patrol in the area.

    He said his men had intervened and restored peace.

    Galadanchi said four suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.

  • Two dead, scores injured in Ojo tanker fire

    Two persons were killed yesterday when a fuel tanker exploded at Barracks bus stop, Ojo, near Mile 2, on Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Ojo.

    Scores were injured and five vehicles burnt in the incident

    The 33,000-litre fuel-laden tanker fell on a bad portion of the road and exploded when a container truck and three other vehicles ran into it.

    An eye witness said passersby ran for safety.

    The incident, he said, occurred around 8am, adding that the area was deserted for over an hour.

    It was learnt that the fire was put out around 10am by Lagos State Fire Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and other security officials.

    Another eyewitness, Mr. Ralph Nwafor, said the tanker fell in front of Ojo Military Cantonment, adding that the road was blocked following the inferno.

    Nwafor said: “I saw two bodies burnt beyond recognition. A fuel tanker, a container and other vehicles were also burnt. Many people were injured as a result of the fear caused by the fire. People ran helter-skelter, they ran for safety. Those on okada were injured.”

    He said although the road was under construction, the bad portion made the tanker to fall, resulting in the fire.

    “The suffering here is too much. This is not the first time trucks will fall at the bad spot. A similar incident occurred here last year, claiming lives and damaging cars. The government must do something urgently about this road.”

    Lagos Fire Service Acting Director Rasaki Musibau, who visited the scene, warned motorists to avoid parking their vehicles at the spot overnight, to avert fire.

    In a statement by his Chief Public Affairs Officer Bola Ajao, Musibau confirmed the death of two persons and the wounding of five others. Witnesses said the injured were many.

    Musibau said the fire gutted an IVECO tipper loaded with sand, a Mack trailer carrying Sumec and Elemax generators, a parked car and others.

  • Two dead, several injured in multiple accidents

    At least two people were yesterday confirmed dead and several others sustained injuries in multiple accidents at Tollgate, along Lagos/Abeokuta expressway, Ogun State.

    The two persons, a man and a woman, suspected to be traders along the expressway were killed, while the injured are passengers of the vehicles.

    The accident occurred around 6:33pm when the brake of an Iveco truck with registration number GZA379XA, travelling from Sango in Ogun State to Lagos State failed. The vehicle rammed into other 12 vehicles and one motorcycle.

    The Ota Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kunle Oguntoyinbo and Ota Divisional Commander of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Adekunle Ariyo Ajibade, who confirmed the accident, said the crash occurred around 6:33pm when the truck’s brake failed and it rammed into other vehicles.

    They said the other vehicles involved were: black Toyota Corolla FsT136CX, yellow Volkswagen bus FST623Xc, gold colour Hyundai car KRD640AX, yellow colour tricycle  TTN103XVY, red Toyota Corolla FST293FT, yellow Volkswagen bus KTU917XP, blue Volkswagen bus KRU998AH, blue Toyota Camry KTU521BL, yellow Volkswagen bus KRD743XT, blue Mazda 626 AKD254EF, yellow Volkswagen bus FST818XA and a Boxer bike, not registered.

    The commanders said the dead have been taken to General Hospital, Ifo, while the injured were rushed to the State Hospital, Ota.

     

  • 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.”

  • Two dead, 200 escape in Niger prison break

    Gunmen on Sunday night attacked the Minna Medium Security Prison in Kafin-Tella B, Tunga Local Government Area of Niger State.

    A warden and motorcyclist were killed.

    The attack happened about 8pm during a heavy rainfall.

    The warden, identified as Shekarau, was said to be reporting for duty when the gunmen struck. He was killed with the motorcyclist who dropped him at the prison gate.

    The prison’s spokesman, Rabiu Shuiabu, said the gunmen entered into the prison after exchanging fire with armed security men.

    Shuiabu said 19 inmates who escaped have been rearrested.

    He said: “The prison authority in Minna is profiling inmates to ascertain the number of escapees.

    “However, normalcy has returned and security agencies are working to ensure that fleeing inmates are recaptured.”

    The Nation gathered that 16 prisoners returned voluntarily.

    Community sources said the gunmen ordered everyone to go into their houses.

    Mohammed Umar, who lives close to the prison, said: “The gunmen came about 7.45pm in a Hilux van, a Honda Civic and Golf, and ordered everybody to go inside.

    “There may have been more but those were the ones I saw. After we were ordered in, Shekarau came with a bike and they started with him.

    “The shooting went on for more than one hour and we were very scared. Everywhere was shaking; it was difficult to identify the kind of guns they were using because it was of different sounds, some sounded like thunder. Even after the shooting, nobody could come out.”

    Umar added that after the incident, some of the prisoners returned, saying they ran away to avoid death.

    Commissioner of Police Dibal Yakadi said the 200 who escaped would be arrested.

    Yakadi told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN): “We are working with other security agencies to ensure that the runaway inmates are re-arrested.

    “There is stop and search of vehicles, motor and foot patrols to ensure that we apprehend these inmates.”

  • Two die, many feared trapped in Lagos building collapse

    Two die, many feared trapped in Lagos building collapse

    Two bodies were brought out after many hours of rescue operation yesterday from a collapsed building in Lagos.

    Many people were injured while 14 were rescued.

    General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) Adesina Tiamiyu confirmed the fatalities.

    A four-storey building on Massey/ Carena Street off Campos bus stop on Lagos Island collapsed around 2.pm.

    Residents said it was structurally defective, adding that a telecommunication mast was erected on the building two weeks ago.

    Fifteen of them, including five children, were rescued around 6.30pm. It was gathered that at least five persons were still trapped under the rubble as at press time last night.

    A woman who sells Amala on the ground floor narrowly escaped but her workers and some of her customers are among those trapped, sources said.

    It was gathered that the woman stepped out of the shop few minutes before it crashed.

    Another woman identified as Iya Ibeji is said to be under the rubble with her four kids. Residents said two women who sold rice and yam are also under the rubble.

    Although LASEMA operatives got to the scene early, the crowd prevented them from working.

    The crowd also threatened to deal with reporters, who attempted to record the incident.

    The Nation observed that the crowd, which rebuffed rescuers’ entreaties from rescuers to leave the site, cut the ribbon used to cordon off the area.

    The police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) operatives could not control the crowd.

    Emergency workers also had difficulty in rescuing the trapped victims because of the structure’s closeness to other buildings.

    At the time of filing this report, excavation had started. One of the structures besides the collapsed building had been brought down. Electric poles around the structures were also pulled down.

    Tiamiyu, who led rescuers to the scene, put the figure of those rescued at over 10.

    He insisted that their primary focus was to safe life, appealing to the crowd to allow emergency workers do their jobs.

     

     

     

     

  • Two dead in Akwa Ibom market stalls collapse

    Two dead in Akwa Ibom market stalls collapse

    •17 injured

    Two women have been confirmed dead, while 17 other persons sustained various degrees of injury, following the collapse of market stalls at Urua Edet-Obo, a popular market at Ikot Akpatek in Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom.
    Police Commissioner Murtala Mani confirmed the incident yesterday in a telephone conversation with reporters in Uyo, the state capital.
    He said: “Two women died during the tragedy caused by the collapse of an old wall that fell on them.
    “Others who sustained injuries have been taken to the hospital for treatment.”
    An eyewitness said the remains of the dead victims had been deposited at Immanuel Hospital in Eket, a neighbouring local government area.
    The eyewitness added that some of the injured victims, many of them women, were responding to treatment.
    But the Chairman of the Transition Committee for Onna Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Joshua Ndoho, yesterday said nobody died in the collapsed market wall at ýUrua Ederebo, Ikot Akpatek, in Onna Local Government Area.
    Two women were initially said to have died while 17 others were reportedly injured in the incident.
    The statement reads: “The council wishes to inform the people of the area, the state and indeed the public that the wall of a private shop near the weekly Edereobo Market today (yesterday) collapsed and hit eight market women who sustained various degrees of injury.
    “…Onna Local Government was quick to respond to the incident by mobilising the injured to a hospital; all of them are currently responding to treatment.”

    “Governor Udom Emmanuel, who has been briefed about this incident, has directed the Commissioner for Health to assist the local government to ensure that proper medical care is given to the victims.
    “This is to state categorically that no life was lost as a result of the incident, contrary to what was speculated in the social media and other such outlets.
    “The leadership of Onna Local Government Area is responsive and responsible and is monitoring the health conditions of those affected by the incident. It will as well take care of all the medical bills of the victims.”

  • Two dead, six injured in road crashes

    Two dead, six injured in road crashes

    Two persons have been killed in a multiple accident on Sunday.

    Six others injured in other road crashes at the weekend.

    Two of the accidents happened at Church Bus Stop near Ijeshatedo Bus Stop, on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway on Saturday. The third was at Ilasamaja Bus stop near a Police Station.

    Nobody died in the Saturday crash but three were injured, according to eyewitnesses.

    “Nobody died but three were injured. It (accident) happened at this spot (Church Bus Stop). Two vehicles hit each other,” said a witness in a security uniform.

    The Nation saw a man hit by a tyre that pulled off a mobile passenger bus (Danfo) near Ijeshatedo Bus Stop on Sunday.

    The man was about crossing the expressway when he was hit.

    Passengers immediately disembarked, yelling at the driver for speeding.

    A truck marked LEW 507 XA hit a Toyota Camry marked LND 650 CN and another car at Ilasamaja.

    According to a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) official, the accident occurred around 4am.

    The truck, he said, hit two cars, killing two occupants in one of the cars.

    “We were called by the officers at the Police Station in Ilasamaja that an accident occurred and it had blocked vehicular movement along the expressway. On getting there, we saw a truck that had already crushed two cars. The damage was beyond repair,” he said.

    According to him, the owner of the car was not inside when the accident occurred.

    “Some people told us that the truck driver had hit someone at Anthony Bus Stop earlier on before killing two people at Ilasamaja. He ran away immediately the accident occurred,” he said.

    According to an eyewitness, the two cars stopped to help another accident victim when a truck driver rammed into them, killing two people instantly.

    The cars were pushed to the roadside; the truck was towed to LASTMA office in Oshodi.

  • Two dead in Jigawa cholera outbreak

    There is a cholera outbreak at Takur site, a government estate in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital.

    Two people have died and 56 are hospitalised.

    Speaking with reporters in his office, Commissioner for Health Tafida Abubakar said: “Fifty six cases have been recorded. They are at the Dutse General Hospital and the Police Clinic. The estate is dominated by civil servant and, unfortunately, the hygiene situation is disappointing. The palace is very dirty.

    “From June till date, our records show that 36,000 cases were recorded across the state, mostly as a result of dirty environments. I was at Takur this morning (yesterday) and the place was too dirty, but we met with the sole administrator of the State Environmental and Protection Agency for the clean up of the estate. All the victims are in the hospital. We will overcome the situation. As you know, we have three hospitals in the city.”

    It was learnt that the two people who died belonged to the same family.

  • Two dead, scores injured in Lagos free for all

    VIOLENCE broke out in Ikorodu, Lagos state yesterday following a clash between two groups of hoodlums. Two persons are feared dead in the mayhem. Several others were injured, some seriously. The free for all fight started at about 8am at the Idi Iroko and Ogoloto bus stops on the Ikorodu/Lagos road. Many commercial vehicles, their drivers and commuters were trapped in the fracas. As people scampered to safety and motorists tried to drive out of danger a heavy traffic built up on the road. The confusion lasted about three hours. Eye witnesses said trouble started when police, acting on a tip off, stormed a suspected fortress of bunkerers to apprehend them. A man was allegedly shot dead by the police during the raid. Witnesses said the victim was a sand digger and not a bunkerer. This, it was gathered, angered those who knew the victim, especially a group of hoodlums. They decided to vent their anger on those engaged in illegal bunkering activities in the area. Dangerous weapons like broken bottles, cutlasses and knives were freely used by the hoodlums during the clash. Commercial vehicles which ran into the hoodlums were vandalised while their passengers jumped down and ran for their lives. In the process, some of them were injured as the hoodlums descended on them. A combined team of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Operation Mesa (OPs MESA) and police from the Ebute Police station arrived the scene and tear gassed the hoodlums view a view to dispersing them. They later stationed themselves at strategic positions to forestall further fight. All the injured persons were treated at OAK Hospital located at Agric bus stop along Lagos road, while the remains of the deceased were deposited at the morgue of Ikorodu General Hospital.