UPDATED On May 11, 2015
Commenting on the horrible accident, the lawmaker said that he was not in any vehicle in his convoy when it drove past an accident scene without offering help.
“I am a Rotarian and I know the importance of rendering assistance. I was not in the convoy when the accident occurred. My convoy drove past the area, and I was not in the convoy, but in another vehicle with some of my colleagues in the assembly.”
However, Adekunbi, further admitted driving by the scene of the car accident.
“As at the time I passed through the scene with my colleagues which include Honourable Tola Banjo, the Deputy Speaker, and Honourable Olayiwola Ojodu, we did not observe any accident. I was in Lagos when I heard of the accident,” he said.
A horrible car accident claimed three lives and injured 10 others. Credits: Premium Times
INITIAL REPORT published on May 10,2015
The accident, that happened on Saturday, May 9, claimed three lives and injured 10 others, Premium Times reports.
The crash occurred at Onipepeye village, along the Owode-Siun-Abeokuta dual carriageway, and involved two commercial vehicles, a white Nissan Premiere and a green Space wagon.
One lucky survivor said that the Nissan was heading to Sagamu from Abeokuta when the driver suddenly lost control and swerved to the other side of the dual carriageway. It then had a head-on collision with the oncoming Space wagon, heading to Abeokuta from Lagos.
The impact of the crash was disastrous as the two cars were allegedly speeding. Three people, including a toddler, died on the spot, while other passengers suffered various injuries.
Accident victims and onlookers said that Adekunbi got to the crash scene in his official car barely minutes after the accident happened. But to everyone’s surprise, he drove past the scene even while bodies lay on the ground and injured victims were screaming with pain.
Suraj Adekunbi, the speaker of the Ogun state House of Assembly
Witnesses were shocked with the fact that Adekunbi failed to show any compassion and help the victims. According to them, the speaker looked at the accident scene through his car window and then ordered his driver to drive on.
The speaker’s action provoked indignation among witnesses, who could not suppress their anger and rained abuse on him as his car drove away.
A team of Ogun State Traffic and Compliance Control officers arrived at the scene and took the victims to hospital.
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