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Mob sets Dangote trucks ablaze for crushing okada rider, passenger to death in Ogun
An angry mob, on Tuesday, set ablaze two trucks belonging to Dangote cement company for allegedly crushing two persons to death in Ogun State.
It was gathered that the accident occurred at Imowo in Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The two victims, who were the motorcyclist and a passenger, were said to be on the road when the trucks reportedly hit them from behind and crushed them to death.
The Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) in the state, Babatunde Akinbiyi confirmed the incident.
Akinbiyi in a terse statement explained that the fatal accident occurred between Dangote trucks and a motorcycle.
The statement read:
“The fatal accident at Imowo within Ijebu-Ode along Ibadan road between two Dangote trucks and a motorcycle.
“Two passengers on the motorcycle lost their lives and hoodlums around the scene burnt two Dangote truck on the road and did not allow anybody to carry the two corpses on the ground for now.”