A car race over a N30,000 wager ended in tragedy on Monday afternoon in the Ipara area of Remo, Ogun State, leaving five people dead, including three young men suspected to be internet fraudsters and two residents.
According to the PUNCH, the crash happened around 2 p.m. after a group of young men reportedly staged the high-speed contest to win the cash prize.
A community source, who asked not to be named, told journalist one of the drivers lost control mid-race and slammed into a roadside shop, instantly killing two people who were standing nearby.
“The accident happened yesterday 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,” the source said.
Videos showed victims lying motionless on the ground, the wrecked building hit by the car, and trapped passengers inside the mangled vehicle, while voices of bystanders cried out in shock.
Spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the crash in a telephone interview on Tuesday. He said the Lexus car involved had no registration number and was heading towards Fidiwo before the driver lost control near the Owolowo area.
“At about 13:40 hrs on 11/08/2025, a lone fatal accident occurred near the Owolowo area, Ipara Remo. The accident involved an unregistered Lexus car whose driver’s name was unknown and two other occupants, both male, in his vehicle. The accident occurred when the driver, at high speed, lost control of his vehicle and rammed into one Akeem Ashiru, male, and one Shina Badejo, by the roadside. As a result of the impact, the driver, Akeem Ashiru, and Shina Badejo died at the scene,” Akinbiyi said.
He added that the two other occupants were taken to different hospitals but did not survive.
“Two other occupants were rescued to the Isara State Hospital, while one also died while receiving treatment. The other one was referred to OASTH Sagamu, where he also succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday,” he said.
