Sunday, April 12, 2015

Nigeria: Five Policemen Seriously injured in Lone Accident in Ogun

A lone accident that occurred at Wasinmi area along Lagos – Abeokuta expressway in Ewekoro local government area of Ogun State, has left five policemen including a Divisional Police Officer seriously injured.


The Police were monitoring the ongoing Governorship and State Assembly elections when the accident occurred.

An eyewitness said the rickety hilux bus of the Nigeria Police Force with registration number is NPF 8182 C. belonging to Ewekoro Divisional Police had its front tyre bursted before it somersaulted several times leaving its occupants serious injured.

 The daily times correspondent gathered that the Divisional Police Officer, identified as B.O. Bakare was posted from Ado Odo division to monitor election in the area.

Others involved in the accident includes one Ologbese Vincent,Nuhu and two others whose identities could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.

 Ologbose  was seriously injured with blood stains all over his body while one has his leg broken and others wriggling in serious pains One of the officers, Oyewole Afolabi who was involved in the accident was fuming and shouting that he has warned them that he is not going with them as they were not posted to the area.

Oyewole,who is a Corporal lamented that the driver of the bus was on high speed and that the driver has dozed off.