The crash happened when the
patrol team attempted to beat traffic
The Oyo State Joint security
patrol, known as Operation Burst, on Thursday, lost four officers in an auto
crash that occurred along Mokola-Sango-UI-Ojoo Expressway, Ibadan.
The accident claimed the
live of an Army officer and three police officers.
According to an eyewitness,
Sunday Odetara, the accident happened when the driver of the security
operatives attempted to beat a gridlock traffic that resulted from the weekly
environmental sanitation exercise.
Odetara said the driver lost
control of the Hilux van at a sharp bend leading to Sango from UI while
manoeuvring, hit an electric pole and skidded to the other side of the
express-road and rammed into an incoming commercial vehicle.
The four officers reportedly
died on the spot while others sustained various degrees of injuries.
The State Police Command
spokesperson, Olabisi Ilobanafor confirmed the accident, saying it occurred at
about 9am and involved an Operation Burst vehicle, a private
vehicle and a motorcycle.
“One Police Inspector,
Adebola Apata; a Lance Corporal, Bola (surname withheld), a female police and a
private soldier called Oneh died, while Police corporals Bello Kayode and
George Adeyemo and Sgt. Abdullahi Mannir (soldier) as well as the driver of the
private vehicle and the cyclist were injured,” she said.
The injured victims were
taken to the University College Hospital for medical attention.
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