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Three Killed, 35 Vehicles Burnt In Ogun Tanker Explosion, Osun Road Crash
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Three killed, 35 vehicles burnt in Ogun tanker explosion, Osun road crash
Afeez Hanafi, Daud Olatunji and Bola Bamigbola
Three persons lost their lives on Saturday in a petrol tanker explosion and road crash in Ogun and Osun states.
While a tanker driver and his motor boy died in an overnight explosion on Kara Bridge in Ogun, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, a motorist was killed along Osogbo/Ikirun Road in Osun.
Our correspondents gathered that the 45,000-litre tanker reportedly fell on its side and spill its contents which later sparked off the fire.
Sunday PUNCH learnt that 35 vehicles, including those in a car mart close to the spot, were burnt in the explosion which occurred around 1am and raged for hours, before it was put out by a combined team of Lagos State Fire Service and its Ogun State counterpart, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Federal Road Safety Corps and Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps.
The incident resulted in a gridlock that stretched inwards Lagos, trapping a number of motorists.
Hoodlums initially denied the emergency responders access to the scene but with reinforcement by security agents, the fire was eventually put out and the debris evacuated around noon.
The spokesperson for TRACE, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said, “The driver and the motor boy died in the ensuing inferno that engulfed the scene with about 35 vehicles parked along the traffic corridor burnt down.â€
LASEMA General Manager, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyitolu, said 10 injured persons were treated and discharged at the scene.
In the Osun road crash, one person was confirmed dead while five others were injured.
The accident occurred around Steel Rolling Mill, along Osogbo/Ikirun Road on Saturday.
It was gathered that the vehicle involved in the lone accident was heading towards Osogbo when it lost control and crashed, causing the death of the yet-to-be-identified person.
The Osun Sector Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Agnes Ogungbemi, confirmed the accident.
She said the accident occurred around 3:45pm and blamed it on excessive speeding.
Ogunyemi said, “Victims of the accident had been taken to a private hospital in Osogbo, while the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the morgue of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.â€
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Tenant Kills Anambra Landlord Over Allegation Of Womanising.
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A 21-year-old tenant, Onyemachi Mmaju, has allegedly killed his landlord, Nonso Oyiboka, in Ogidi, i Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State.
It was gathered that trouble began when the landlord confronted Onyemachi for always bringing women into the house.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “Not comfortable with that, Onyemachi went into the house and came out with a knife and attacked the landlord. In the process, he stabbed Oyiboka in the back.
“Before people could come to rescue him, the landlord was already on the floor with blood all over his body. He was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died. The police later came and arrested Onyemachi and some others.â€
The police spokesperson in the state, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, stating that it happened around 3am on Wednesday
Mohammed said, “There was a report of the alleged murder of a landlord, one Nonso Umeadi Oyiboka, aged 35, of Ogidi Ani-Etiti in the Idemili North LGA of Anambra State by his tenant, one Onyemachi Mmaju, 21, of the same address.
“Following the report, police operatives attached to the Ogidi Division, led by the DPO, Ekuri Remigius, visited the scene and rushed the victim, who was found in a pool of his own blood, to the Iyi Enu Mission Hospital, Ogidi, for medical attention, where he was pronounced dead by the medical doctor on duty. The corpse was deposited in the hospital’s mortuary for autopsy.
“A careful observation of the deceased’s body revealed stab wound on his back, while a blood-stained knife allegedly used in perpetrating the act was recovered as exhibit from the scene.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased allegedly had a minor quarrel with the suspect over the bringing of too many women into the compound, and this eventually led to a scuffle, which resulted in the deceased being stabbed to death.â€
Mohammed said the Commissioner of Police in the state, John Abang, had ordered that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation.
He added that the suspect would be charged after the conclusion of investigation.
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