Angry Mob Lynches FRSC Official For Allegedly Chasing Man To His Death

According to an eyewitness, three people died (including FRSC
officer) in an accident that happened at Guru MaharaJi on
Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Reports say officials of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) caused
the accident because they were chasing a truck.

An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and a
yet-to-be-identified man who was killed by a vehicle in Ibadan, the
Oyo state capital.

However, the FRSC has issued a statement.The statement by the
Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, stated that a team of
FRSC officials who were assigned to monitor and control traffic was
approached by a truck driver who intended to make an inquiry from
one of the members of the team.

“In the course of the inquiry, a Mercedes Benz ran into the
patrol vehicle and in the process killed the arresting Marshal and
the other person while they were discussing with the other FRSC
Official occupying the driver’s seat who was also seriously
affected by the crash.”

– As shared by – @i_amdaslugger ”
accident just happened at ibadan express way,when some road safety
officers in their vehicle were chasing a benz vehicle with high
speed on the highway which caused the death of the driver and a car
crash.”
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— SubDeliveryZone (@SubDeliveryZone) November
6, 2019^[3]

It added that the Sector Commander along with her Management
Team inspected the area of the scene to conduct a crash
investigation and also to gather information from eyewitnesses.

“From that investigation, it was meticulously gathered that the
FRSC Patrol vehicle was not in motion when the incident
occurred.

“The seriously injured victim has been since rushed to the
hospital for medical attention while the deceased have been taken
to the morgue.”

PRESS RELEASE:

IBADAN ROAD TRAFFIC CRASH INVOLVING FRSC PERSONNEL: THE TRUTH
ABOUT THE UGLY INCIDENT

The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps has been drawn to
the unfortunate road traffic crash that occurred in Ibadan that
claimed the lives of an FRSC staff will

— FRSC, NIGERIA (@FRSCNigeria) November
6, 2019^[4]

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