4 dead as tanker, truck collide, burst into flames along Epe Expressway

FOUR unidentified persons were confirmed dead when a 45,000-litre tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, known as petrol, ran into a heavy-duty vehicle conveying cement, Sunday evening.

It was gathered that the two vehicles burst into flames due to the impact of the collision at the scene of accident that occurred at Kaiyetoro end of Lekki-Epe Expressway by Eleko bus stop, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.

An eyewitness said the two vehicles went up in flames and that a motorcycle rider was also caught up in the inferno.

Director, Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, Mrs Margret Adeseye, said the state fire service, Epe Station, on arrival at the scene discovered that both vehicles had head-on collision as they travelled in opposite directions to Lekki and from Epe respectively.

“The crew swiftly doused the raging fire from the accidental spillage of contents from the tanker and recovered four bodies suspected to have died from both vehicles,” Adeseye stated.

It was gathered that three of the bodies were recovered from the tanker and one from the trailer.

Speaking on the tragic incident, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Lagos Sector Command, Corps Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said: “The charred bodies were later recovered from the scene by relevant agencies and corpses deposited at the mortuary.”

Ogungbemide said all the responders, including FRSC, Lagos Fire Service, Nigeria Police and other sister agencies were making efforts to remove the crashed vehicles and bikes off the road.

Cultists kill 8 persons in Ogun

No fewer than eight persons were, yesterday, reportedly killed in Sagamu, Ogun State.

It would be recalled that about seven persons were killed in Abeokuta in the last one week as members of Eiye and Aiye confraternities engaged in a supremacy battle.

The clash between the rival cult groups got to its peak following the gruesome murder of an area boy, popularly known as Tommy in the Oluwo area of Abeokuta.

Since the death of Tommy, residents of Abeokuta have been living under fear of possible escalation of the crisis.

As at Sunday evening, residents of Panseke, Onikolobo, Oluwo, Adigbe fled for their dear lives as gunshots rented the air.

Though the police said 18 persons have been arrested, calm seems not to have been restored as the crisis has now escalated in Sagamu, Remo area of the state.

It was gathered that as early as 7 am on Sunday, some young men stormed the town, killing their targets.

While a few of the victims were picked up by the police, others were said to have been taken away by their parents.

It was gathered that one Akeem, an electrician, was killed in the Ajegunle area of Sagamu around 7 am.

A source, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, said: “Akeem did not die immediately, but when they were rushing him to hospital, another bike hit them and he fell from the bike. That was how he died. His intestines were coming out because he was shot in the stomach.”

It was also gathered that some of the victims were murdered in places such as Soyindo, Ijagba, Ajegunle and Sabo; all in Sagamu.

At the moment, residents of Sagamu are calling on the police to put the situation under control.

When contacted, the Ogun State Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, threatened that the police would deal with all cultists in the state.

He said the command would also arrest and prosecute landlords harbouring cultists in Ogun, even as he charged parents to warn their children.

Governor Dapo Abiodun has also assured residents of the state that he would not allow some hoodlums to truncate the peace in Ogun.

Culled from Vanguard