Controversy: Lagos state truck accident, police says 2dead not 13
The Lagos State Police Command said two students were killed and twelve injured in an accident that occurred on Tuesday afternoon at Grammar School, Ojodu-Berger, Lagos, contrary to earlier report of thirteen deaths.
Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu made the clarification in a statement , adding that, the victims are students of Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School.
The police spokesman recalled that a DAF truck with registration number. APP 438 YA driven by one Bolaji Kabiru at about 2.15pm, rammed into some pedestrians, resulting in casualties.
“As a result of the accident, two males died on the spot, seven females and five males totaling 12 victims sustained varying degrees of injuries. Corpses of the dead students (identity not yet known) were evacuated with the support of officers of the FRSC and were deposited at the Morgue of the Mainland Hospital, Yaba, for autopsy,” he said.
Penpushing further reports that, Ajisebutu, said traffic officers and other responders were deployed to the scene, adding that the injured students were taken to God’s Apple City Hospital; St. Michael Hospital; and the Lagos State Emergency Hospital, Toll Gate.
“The erring driver has been apprehended and kept in police custody. However, the angry students who were later joined by hoodlums set the accidented vehicle ablaze,” the police spokesman said.
Penpushing also reports that, the command imagemaker stated that the students and hoodlums equally attacked the Ojodu Police Station in their large numbers, demanding the release of the driver for jungle justice.
“When their demand was not met, they became violent. In the process, they destroyed four vehicles parked in the premises of the police station and another mobile truck on the highway,” Ajisebutu said.
Penpushing reports that, Ajisebutu in the statement stated that to avoid total breakdown of law and order, the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, ordered deployment of policemen comprising tactical teams, Rapid Response Squad and others to the scene.
The Commissioner while commiserating with the bereaved families appealed to sympathisers and other members of the public to allow the police carry out a proper investigation
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