Catastrophe IN AREPO: How 3 people on foot were murdered by Dangote truck driver

Catastrophe struck on Tuesday when one Dairu Murtala, a Dangote driver kept running more than three men killing them in a split second at Arepo, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Murtala was said to drive against the movement when he pulverized the casualties, who were going to cross the road into the Arepo people group. It was learnt that regardless of the episode, the driver did not stop, but rather was pursued by a few motorcyclists to Magboro, a neighboring group, where he was secured.

He was apparently whipped almost to death before the mediation of policemen from the Warewa division, who saved him from the crowd. Authorities of the Federal Road Safety Corps purportedly diverted the remaining parts of the perished, who were said to be laborers of an organization in Arepo.

A witness, who did not distinguish himself, said the mischance occurred around 8 a.m. He stated, "We were all at the transport stop when the truck sped past us. The driver did not by any means hoot. "The three men, who needed to cross the turnpike, were just taking a gander at a side of the street. They didn't realize that the truck was quick drawing closer from the opposite side.

The truck squashed them and they kicked the bucket on the spot. It even dragged the body of a man for some separation. Another passerby, who saw the truck drawing nearer, conveyed a woman that could have additionally been hit, off the street.

The young lady needed to dissent the activity until she saw what had happened." A cruiser rider, distinguished as Musa, told our reporter that the driver did not stop the truck after the episode. "My companions and I pursued him to Magboro. When we made up for lost time with him, we beat him up. We were hitting him when the police acted the hero," he included.

Our journalist watched bloodstains on the interstate where the remaining parts of the casualties were picked by activity officers. A people group pioneer in Arepo, Victor Olajide, spoke to the Federal Government to make arrangement for a passerby connect at the intersection, saying many people had kicked the bucket while endeavoring to cross the road.

He stated, "This has turned into a general thing. I trust the exit plan is for person on foot extensions to be built at the Arepo, Ibafo, Magboro and Mowe finishes of the freeway, where there are settlements, to hinder avoidable loss of lives."

The FRSC Ogun State Sector Commander, Clement Oladele, affirmed the episode. He stated, "The mishap happened at the Ibadan to Lagos course around 8.00am. The crash included a fiery debris hued Dangote truck, with number plate DTF 118 XA. The truck driver hit three people, all guys, and murdered them on the spot.

The crash was brought about by unsafe driving and course infringement. The police captured the driver and towed away the truck, while a FRSC emergency vehicle passed on the cadavers to the Sagamu Hospital morgue." The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, affirmed the capture of the driver, including that examinations were.