2 people have died and 5 others seriously injured in a fatal accident along Sagamu/Interchange-Abeokuta highway, Ogun state on Tuesday.

According to a report by Daily Post, the accident involving a white Mazda bus with registration number, LND 539 XV; a Lexus car GS350 marked, AAA298GK and a truck, happened around Foursquare Camp Ground at about 1:14pm.

The crash was blamed on wrongful overtaking on the part of the driver of the Lexus car, which reportedly resulted in the bus colliding with the unidentified truck.

The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps confirmed the incident to newsmen, saying it involved nine men and seven women.

Babatunde Akinbiyi, TRACE Public Relations revealed that the injured victims had been taken to State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, adding that the corpses are also at the mortuary of the same hospital.

Akinbiyi explained further that,

“the Lexus car and the commercial bus, coming from Berger in Lagos, were inbound Abeokuta, while the truck was outbound Abeokuta.

“In an attempt by the Lexus car to overtake the commercial bus at the diversion stretch at Foursquare Camp axis of the Abeokuta-Kobape-Siun-Sagamu Expressway, the driver suddenly noticed he was facing an incoming truck, which was almost approaching him.

To avoid a head-on-collision, the bus ran into the bush. But, the driver side of the bus collided with the truck and the collision led to the death of the bus driver and the front passenger.

“Unfortunately, the two occupants in the Lexus car as well as the truck driver ran away.

“Nevertheless, the Lexus car and the commercial bus have been taken to the State Motor Traffic Division, Ibara.”

An alleged Benue local government staff, reportedly set himself ablaze over non-payment of three years allowance, on Wednesday, December 9th.

The young man identified as Aondona Yaga was until his death, said to be a casual staff at the Gwer local government secretariat, Aliade.

It was learnt that Yaga got fed up after facing difficulty because he wasn’t paid his allowance for almost three years, and decided to end his life.

His grandmother who was seen around his abandoned corpse confirmed that the the deceased had been facing difficulty as a result of his unpaid allowance.

She further revealed that Yaga fell sick and couldn’t find money to treat himself. Frustrated, he decided to end his life. On Wednesday morning,

He reportedly entered his thatched room on Wednesday morning, December 9th and set it on fire.

The Information Officer of Gwer Local Government, Mr. Chris Avi has confirmed the incident but didn’t give further details.

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Reports have begun making the rounds online of a light aircraft crashing on Wednesday, December 9 in Maili Saba, in Isiolo County of Kenya.

According to the reports, there have been no news of casualties recorded so far but the number of occupants aboard the aircraft whose registration number is 5Y-VBB, also remains unknown.

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In other news, Nigerian-American singer and motivational speaker, Kechi Okwuchi, who was one of the two survivors in the Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crash on December 10, 2005 has taken to her social media page to reflect on her life’s journey thus far.

Sharing the photos from 14 years ago alongside her more recent photo, she wrote ;

Smiling through it all
I know I’ve come a long way but reminders like this pic from 14 years ago really drive it home for me.
I hope this encourages someone. No matter what you’re currently going through, if you’re not dead, God’s not done. Periodt.

A suspected armed robber identified as Mohammed Sani has been arrested by the Niger state police command for killing a commercial motorcyclist in Zengeru town.

The arrest was confirmed by the police public relations officer in the state, ASP Wasiu Abiodun through a statement released on Wednesday.

The PPRO said the suspect and his gang members lured the deceased to a forest where they hacked him to death with a machete and made away with his motorcycle.

“On 07/12/2020 at about 1700hrs, based on a tip-off. Police Operatives attached to Zungeru Division arrested one Mohammed Sani 25yrs ‘m’ of Sahon-Rami Mashegu LGA who boarded an unregistered Bajaj motorcycle with three others,” the statement read.

“On reaching a point along the forest around Government Day Secondary School, Zungeru, the suspects pulled out a rope, tied the rider and matcheted him while Mohammed was given the motorcycle to ride to Kebbi State,”

“He was later arrested by Joint Police/Vigilante on patrol along Zungeru-Wushishi road and led the Police to the scene where the victim was laying dead with deep cut on the neck. The corpse was taken to General Hospital Wushishi for autopsy,”

During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and mentioned three others; Ishau, Yahuza and Sani who are currently at large. The case is under investigation and effort is on going to arrest the fleeing suspects.