Truck crushes three to death in Kwara

Date: 2021-02-07

Truck on Saturday crushed three occupants of tricycle aka Keke NAPEP to death in Ilorin, Kwara state capital.

The accident occurred at the old Ilorin-Jebba road, Oke-Oyi, Ilorin East local government area.

The fatal accident according to sources occurred on the old Ilorin- Jebba road when the driver of the tricycle wanted to cross to a filling station to buy fuel without taking cognisance of the coming tipper truck.

It was too late for the truck driver to apply brake and consequently crushed the tricycle which led to the death of the three passengers.

This unfortunate incident led to pandemomiun as angry residents of Oke-Oyi, it was gathered set the truck on fire to retaliate the death of the passengers of the tricycle.

The driver of the truck was reportedly beaten mercilessly before he was rescued by the policemen drafted to the scene of the accident.

The residents also barricaded the road and truck drivers plying the route had to divert to neighbouring Osin village to take cover.

The police command Spokesperson Okasanmi Ajayi confirmed the incident.

He said normalcy had been restored to the area by the policemen drafted there and warned residents against taking the law into their hands.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gurei     Okanlawon Musa     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Gambari     Isiaka Gold     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Agbarigidoma     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Ahmad Uthman     Solomon Edojah     Government House     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Amasa     Sambo Murtala     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Surajudeen Akanbi     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Awodun     Principal Private Secretary     Ilota     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Frootify     Christopher Ayeni     Suleiman Ajadi     Olaiya Zuberu     Yakubu Dogara     Kayode Yusuf     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Kwha.gov.ng     Moses Salami     Mamman Saba Jibril     Yoruba     Riskat Opakunle     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Oyawoye     Yusuf Ali     Suleiman Abubakar     Quareeb     Olupako     LABTOP     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Overland     Cassava Growers\' Association     Ahmed Bayero     KWASIEC     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Hassan A. Saliu     Owo Arugbo     Raheem Adaramaja     Neo Mundo Ltd     Senate Presidency     Amusa Bello     Centre For Digital Economy     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Omar Gambari     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     IF-K     Olateju Lukman     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Pakata Patriots     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Okasanmi Ajayi     Kwara State Fire Service     Busari Alabi Alausa     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Harrison Osauwagboe     National Information Technology Development Agency     Erubu Oba Zubair     Bello Abubakar     Segun Abifarin     Funmilayo Oniwa     Barakat Community Secondary School     Abubakar Atiku    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Olawuyi     United Nigeria Congress Party     Shehu Jimoh     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Rotimi Atere     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Matthew Babaoye     Tunji Oyawoye     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Otuka     David Oyedepo     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Aliyu Umar     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Saheed Akinwumi     EFCC     Bolaji Abdullahi     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Kwara State University Of Education     Olabanji Orilonishe     Pilgrims Board     Ajasse-Ipo     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Khairat Gwadabe     Oke-Ero     Sheikh Alimi     Akeem Lawal     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     David Adesina     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Olaosebikan     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ita-Ore     Taofeek Ibraheem     Valsolar Consultoria     Talaka Parapo     Bashirat Bola Bello     Dumagi     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Bolakale Saka     Mohammed Halidu     John Obuh     Gbajabiamila     KWACOBPA     Funmilayo Oniwa     Marufat Oladosu     Orire     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Aliyu Kora Sabi     General Hospital, Offa     Joseph Daudu     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Abiodun Oyedepo     Sarah Alade     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Bilikis Oladimeji     ITP     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Amuda Musbau     Shola Odetundun     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Isin     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Salary     Solomon Edoja     Kale Ayo     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ibrahim Bio