The Speaker of the Ogun state
House of Assembly, Suraj
Adekunbi, on Saturday shunned
victims of a ghastly accident
which occurred along the
Owode-Siun-Abeokuta
expressway.
The accident claimed three lives,
and injured 10 others.
The crash, which occurred at
Onipepeye village, along the
Owode-Siun-Abeokuta dual
carriageway, involved two
commercial vehicles: a white
Nissan Premiere, with
registration number LSD 770 BZ
and a green Space wagon, with
registration number GGE 950CQ.
A PREMIUM TIMES
correspondent, who met the
accident victims in company
with other sympathizers,
reported that Speaker Adekunbi
got to the scene of the crash in
his official car barely few
minutes after the accident
occurred, but drove past the
scene even while bodies laid on
bare ground and injured victims
wreathed in pains.
He was in a convoy of his
official cars, reportedly heading
towards Lagos.
Onlookers wondered why he
failed to demonstrate
compassion and lend helping
hands to the victims.
Witnesses say rather than stop
to help in the rescue operation,
the Speaker merely peeped at
the accident scene through his
car window and then ordered
his driver to drive on.
The Speaker’s action baffled
many sympathizers at the scene,
who could not suppress their
anger, some of whom rained
abuses on him as his car drove
away.