The Speaker of the Ogun state House of Assembly,
Suraj Adekunbi, on Saturday shunned victims of a
ghastly accident which occurred along the
Owode-Siun-Abeokuta expressway. The accident
claimed three lives, and injured 10 others.
The crash, which occurred at Onipepeye village,
along the Owode-Siun-Abeokuta dual
carriageway, involved two commercial vehicles: a
white Nissan Premiere, with registration number
LSD 770 BZ and a green Space wagon, with
registration number GGE 950CQ.
A Premium Times correspondent, who met the
accident victims in company with other
sympathizers, reported that Speaker Adekunbi got
to the scene of the crash in his official car barely
few minutes after the accident occurred, but drove
past the scene even while bodies laid on bare
ground and injured victims wreathed in pains.
He was in a convoy of his official cars, reportedly
heading towards Lagos.
Onlookers wondered why he failed to demonstrate
compassion and lend helping hands to the victims.
Witnesses say rather than stop to help in the
rescue operation, the Speaker merely peeped at
the accident scene through his car window and
then ordered his driver to drive on.
The Speaker’s action baffled many sympathizers
at the scene, who could not suppress their anger,
some of whom rained abuses on him as his car
drove away.
Mr. Adekunbi could not be reached to comment for
this story Saturday night. He did not not answer or
return multiple calls to his telephone seeking
comments.
At the scene, one lucky survivor told PT that the
Premiera car was heading to Sagamu from
Abeokuta when the driver suddenly lost control
and swerved to the other side of the dual
carriageway.
It then had a head-on collision with the oncoming
Space wagon car, heading to Abeokuta from
Lagos.
The impact of the crash was disastrous as the two
cars appeared to be over-speeding.
Three persons, including a toddler, died on the
spot, while other passengers suffered varying
degrees of injuries.
A team of Ogun State Traffic and Compliance
Control arrived the scene early enough and were
seen evacuating the victims to hospital.
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