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.

ER-KANG     Mukhtar Shagaya     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Jumoke Gafar     Galland Marcias     Ilorin Amusement Park     Kubra Kazum     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Ilorin Like-Minds     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Kale Ayo     Photo News     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Babs Iwarere     Omoniyi Ayinla     Bareke     Mahee Abdulkadir     Sarakite     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Funke Adedoyin     Ahmed Bayero     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Revenue Court     Nigerian Correctional Service     EFCC     Kolawole Bashirat     Just Law Forum     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Charcoal     Frootify     Adebara     Elerinjare     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Rotimi Atere     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Babaita     Saidu Yaro Musa     KW-GIS     Baruten     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Sobi Hill     UITH     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Kola Ologbondiyan     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Abubakar Suleiman     Kamaldeen Gambari     Olushola Saraki     Baba-Isale     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Babatunde Idiagbon     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Shehu Jimoh     Noah Yusuf     SARS     Nagode     Face Masks     Ileloke     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Bola Magaji     Osuwa     Quarry Royal Valley     Bayer AG    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lanre Issa Onilu     ENetSuD     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Mutawalle     Balogun Ajikobi     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Umar Gunu     Adamu Attah     Falokun-Oja     Oniwasi Agbaye     Erubu     A.E. Afolabi     Baruten     RTEAN     Okasanmi Ajayi     Babatunde Idiagbon     NNPP     Oba-Solagberu     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Olaiya Zuberu     Jani Ibrahim     Akeem Lawal     Femi Ogunsola     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Galadiman Ngeri     CCB     Dairo Kunle Paul     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Onilorin     IESA     Earlyon Technologies     NULGE     Kwara State Governor     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Babs Iwarere     UITH     Balogun Gambari     Olabode George Towoju     Bayo Ajia     Igbaja     Abdulkadir Orire     Salihu Ajibola Ajia     Omotoso Musa     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Durosinlohun Atiku     Y.A. Abdulkareem     CCEPE     Unilorin     Yemi Sanni     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     IFK     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Ilorin Emirate     Abdulraheem Olesin     Temi Kolawole     Moshood Bakare     Ilorin International Airport     Oniyangi     High Court     Shero     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Bond     S.O. Opowoye     Kwara 2023     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Pius Abioje     Bola Shagaya     Lukman Adeloyin     Kunle Akogun     Galadima     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Iyiola Oyedepo     Mohammed Saidu     Lithium