Three injured as company's escort van hits tricycles in Ilorin

Date: 2021-07-06

Three injured as company's escort van hits tricycles in Ilorin The escort van belongs to a company owned by Sarah Alade, Special Adviser to the President on Finance and the Economy

Earlier on Monday, one of the escort vans belonging to a company owned by Sarah Alade, special adviser to the President on Finance and the Economy, rammed into three tricycles in Ilorin metropolis in Kwara State.

The escort van, according to the Kwara state police, belongs to Hillcrest, an agro-allied company along Ajase-Ipo – Offa road, owned by Mrs Alade.

This newspaper learnt that the van was in the convoy of Mrs Alade's son, Ayodele Alade, the chief executive officer of the company who is resident in Ilorin, when the accident occurred.

Multiple witnesses told this newspaper that the vehicle, on top speed, ran into the three tricycles close to the state's Ministry of Agriculture.

They also said the timely intervention of police operatives saved the life of the escort van driver who was prevented from being lynched by an irate mob of commercial tricycle operators mobilised to the scene of the accident.

An assessment of pictures obtained from Just Events Online, a Kwara-based online medium, showed that the tricycles are a total wreckage.

Meanwhile, according to a statement issued by the police spokesperson, Ajayi Okasanmi, three people, who suffered severe injuries, are currently receiving treatment at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH).

"The accident occurred when the driver of the Hilux Van lost control and collided with the tricycles which resulted in a serious crash leading to injuries on Yusuf Kadiri, Hussein Seriki and Latifat Kamarudeen 'f'."

"The victims already taken to UITH Okeoyi, Ilorin for medical attention and are positively responding to treatment."

Mr Okasanmi also debunked insinuations that some persons have died and that the vehicle involved is government-owned.

"This press statement becomes necessary to correct some erroneous information making the rounds on the health condition of the victims, none of the victims died, and the vehicle involved in the accident belongs to Hillcrest Agro industrial Company, Offa, and not to the police or government."

He further conveyed the advice of the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega, who implored road users to be conscious of safety while on the highways and must make use of traffic codes and road signs at all times, noting that live has no duplicate.

Mr Alade's telephone was unavailable on Monday afternoon and he was yet to respond to PREMIUM TIMES's enquiries sent via text as of press time.

His personal assistant, Tolani Tobun, when contacted, said he was on vacation and could not verify the reports.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Sanitation Exercise     Share-Tsaragi     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Ilesha-Baruba     Aiyedun     Usman Alkali Baba     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Oyawoye     Musa Abdullahi     Iliasu     Onikijipa     Share/Tsaragi     Rafiu Ibrahim     Abdulhakeem Amao     Lateef Fagbemi     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Danhawa     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Elesie Of Esie     Bashiru Makama     Radio Kwara     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Illyasu Abdullahi     Shuaib Olarongbe     Yahaya Oloriegbe     MAI Akande     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Ilorin Durbar     Aremu Bose Deborah     Police Commissioner     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Shonga Farm Project     Olayinka Olaogun     Ilorin West     Ibrahim Abikan     Oke-opin     Olusola Saraki     Gbemisola Saraki     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Maigida Soludero Transit     Olugbense     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Ahman Pategi University     Kwara Hotel     Moshood Bakare     Musbau A. Akanji     Kazeem Oladepo     Ndakene     Emir Of Ilorin     Ariyo     Sam Onile     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Aremu Odolaye     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Yemi Sanni     Babs Iwarere     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Lola Ashiru     Emmanuel Bello     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Musa Alhassan Buge     Owu Fall     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Amos Bajeh     Salman Alada     Shuaib Abdulkadir     George Funsho Adebayo     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Mujtabah Bature     Kwabes    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Adedipe     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Bayo Ojo     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Kazeem Oladepo     Fatai Olodo     Isiaka Gold     Samuel Adedoyin     Shonga     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     CCT     Shaaba Lafiagi     Ajikobi     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Abdulazeez Uthman     Daud Adeshola     Ndakene     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Olayinka Are     Abubakar Ndakene     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     MMWG     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Aminat Ahmed     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Raimi Iyanda     Wahab Issa     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Lanre Aremu     Muazam Nayaya     Aminu Adisa Logun     Erin-ile     Isiaq Khadeejah     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Rebecca Bake     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Ahmed Bayero     TETFUND     Bursary     Zainab Abass     Mamatu Abdullahi     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Obasanjo     Yakub Ali-Agan     AGF Abdulrazaq     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Henry Makinwa     Oke-opin     Sadiq Umar     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Olatunji Ibrahim     Offa Descendants Union     Kabir Shagaya     Rafiu Ajakaye     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Kola Shittu     Omu Aran     Abubakar Imam     11th Galadima     Sabitiyu Grillo     Edret Sabi Abel     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Matthew Babaoye     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Quareeb     Aliyu Sabi     A.E. Afolabi     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Adeniyi Ojo     Ibrahim Mashood     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ilofa