Mother Of Victim Killed By Fallen Container Demands Justice

A week after a freak accident claimed the lives of
some bus passengers at Ilasamaja bus stop in Lagos State, the
mother of one of the victims is seeking for
justice.

Mrs Chineze Ajoku who is a widow and mother of 27-year-old
Chidinma Ajoku who died alongside her colleague while returning
from work, wants the state government and other relevant agencies
to see to it that unlatched container-laden trucks are prohibited
on our roads.

Her daughter, Chidinma died when a container fell on the bus she
was travelling in on Sunday, July 26.

“I am not coping, I am heartbroken. My heart is shattered in
pieces. Her siblings, sometimes I wake up and they cry.

“If she was sick, it would have been better for us. She was just
killed in cold blood like that. How can we just accept this thing?
You don’t just kill people on the road carelessly and everybody
just folds their arms and expects it as a norm.

“Let them investigate and know who the driver is and the owner
of the vehicle, why it is not latched the way it is supposed to
be,” she said.

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While calling for the prosecution of the driver of the truck,
Ajoku noted that the move by the state government will serve as a
deterrent to other erring drivers.

According to her, this is to prevent further loss of lives and
safeguard other residents of Lagos and road users.

Channels Television learned that the truck fell on the
commercial bus while discharging passengers at Ilasamaja bus-stop,
leading to the death of two, while three others sustained
injuries.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) described
the accident as ‘an avoidable accident’ given that reckless driving
of the truck driver led to its attached 20ft container falling on a
commercial bus.

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