Five Dead In Ogun N30,000 Car Racing Bet
Tragedy struck in the Ipara area of Remo, Ogun State, on Monday as a N30,000 car race wager resulted in an accident that left five people, including three suspected Yahoo boys and two residents, dead.
According to the source, the suspected Yahoo boys had organised a car racing contest with a N30,000 wager for the winner.
The source noted that during the contest, one of the participants lost control and rammed into a nearby shop, killing two bystanders on the spot.
The source disclosed that the driver, alongside two other occupants of the vehicle, got trapped and sustained varying degrees of injury before they were rescued and taken to separate hospitals.
The source said, “The accident happened on Monday afternoon. What I gathered was that some guys suspected to be Yahoo boys organised a car racing contest with a N30,000 wager.
“One of the cars lost control and rammed into a shop, killing two people on the spot, and the occupants of the vehicle sustained varying degrees of injury before they were rescued by emergency responders.”
In some video clips posted on X, some victims of the accident were seen lying lifeless on the ground.
Voices of sympathisers wailing about the loss of lives were also heard in the videos.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed that the driver of the vehicle died at the spot while two other occupants sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rescued at different hospitals.
Akinbiyi, in a telephone conversation with The Punch correspondent on Tuesday, disclosed that the victims died at the different hospitals where they were taken.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
