Olayiwola Matthew
Some angry residents of Sowo Village blocked the Abeokuta–Sagamu Expressway to protest the killing of four pupils of Iddo Primary School, Kobape, Ogun State, in a road crash that occurred on Wednesday.
This comes barely 48 hours after a motorcyclist and his passenger were crushed to death at the Siun junction of the same expressway.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident occurred at about 3 p.m. when a vehicle rammed into the schoolchildren while they were returning home.
Eyewitnesses noted that some angry youths attempted to lynch the driver of the vehicle, but he was rescued by security operatives.
Confirming the incident in a telephone conversation with our correspondent on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the accident occurred after a Toyota Corolla with number plate KSF 579 DM rammed into the pupils who were returning from school and killed four on the spot.
According to Akinbiyi, the pupils were taken to the General Hospital, Ijaiye, where they were confirmed dead.
He said, “According to eyewitnesses, four male children of Iddo Primary School, Iddo, Kobape, were walking home from school when a Toyota Corolla that was speeding lost control and rammed into the pupils on the walkway.