Ogun: Truck Rams Into Students, Kills WASSCE Candidate
A truck on Friday reportedly lost control on Friday and rammed into some students of Seico Secondary School, Ikangba, Ijebu Ode killing a female student said to be writing the ongoing West Africa Examination for Senior Secondary Examination while one other student was critically injured.
The incident reportedly occurred on the newly rehabilitated Ikangba/Agoro road when the students were going back home after being through with their examination.
A resident of the area, Mr Eko Nicholas, while speaking with The Punch correspondent said that “nobody knew what actually made the truck coming from Molipa end of the road to veer off and ram into the students coming from the opposite direction and crashing into the fence of a Redeemed church beside the road.
“The students were obviously those writing this ongoing WASSCE because they were holding the question papers. One of the students, a female, died on the spot while another female was also critically injured; we are all praying she makes it.”
Nicholas who is the chairman of Ogun State chapter of Campaign for Democratic and Workers Rights regretted that there had been too many accidents on the road since it was rehabilitated.
The human rights activist blamed the incessant accidents on the failure of the government to help with road bumps or speed breakers that could easily help to check the reckless drivers plying the road.
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He said, “This is yet another needless death on the Ikangba/Agoro road, bringing the number of souls lost from February to six, including several that were injured.
“We again call on the state government to construct speed breakers and street lights to stem these avoidable and painful deaths.
“The CDWR has before this time called on the state government to no avail. The government should immediately provide speed barriers before another death occurs on the road, as several schools are located on this same road, and school children trek to and from the schools on a daily basis”.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident.
Akinbiyi in a phone conversation said that “TRACE officers around the area have confirmed the tragic incident, one school pupil died.”
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.
