Police officer plus 5 people don die for Lagos, Yobe road crash

For Yobe, dem confirm say four people don die, while 16 others injure for one bad road accident for Karasuwa Local Government Area. The crash happen around 2:50pm on Tuesday for Zangon Kanwa village and e involve one Toyota Hiace bus wey dey carry passengers from Jakusko go Jajimaji market and one Volvo vehicle wey dey come from Azare. People wey see the accident talk say the Toyota Hiace, wey Ibrahim Makeri dey drive, first jam one commercial tricycle before e crash into the Volvo. Three people, including Makeri plus two passengers wey dem identify as Adamu Isiya and Alhaji Shuaibu, die on the spot. The Public Relations Officer of Yobe State Police Command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim confirm the matter say one more person die later for hospital, so total death don reach four. For another accident for Lagos, one police officer and one female passenger die when container-laden truck fall for one tricycle under Ijora Bridge on Tuesday. Eyewitness talk say the driver of one 40-foot articulated truck, wey registration number be XP 368 AKD, lose control when e dey try manoeuvre for Ijora Causeway, inward Ijora 7Up. The container topple fall on the tricycle, wey registration be KJA 364 QN, wey carry passengers. The policeman wey dem never talk him name die on the spot, while the female passenger carry go hospital but later confirm say she don die.

Two others, including the tricycle driver, survive but get serious leg injury. The General Manager of Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, talk say the accident na “deeply grievous and most regrettable.”

Road crashes dey kill 4.3 million people every year worldwide — FRSC

The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed talk say about 4.3 million people dey die every year for road crashes around the world, based on World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Road Safety Standards Report. For Abuja on Tuesday, during joint press conference with Kwada’as Road Safety Demand (KRSD) Foundation about International Road Crash Victims Africa Conference (IRCVAC), Mohammed talk say road crashes dey affect environment, public health, and quality of life seriously. He add say families wey lose people suffer wella, especially women and children, wey dem dey face poverty, trauma, and displacement. Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, founder of KRSD, talk say she start the foundation after her son, Kwada’as Rangna’am Samson Dongban, die 14 years ago after hit-and-run. She talk say WHO’s Global Status Report on Road Safety 2023 show say Nigeria get one of the highest road traffic death rates, 21.4 deaths per 100,000 people pass global and African average. National Bureau of Statistics data show say for Q4 2023, Nigeria record 5,081 crashes wey kill 2,466 people and injure 15,535. She beg make dem build trauma centres to help families wey lose people and promote safer driving, including no to phone use while driving. The IRCVAC wey theme be “Gathering Africa and the World for Road Crash Victims” na first African forum wey focus on crash victims and their families. The event go gather government, civil society, and international experts to push better road safety for Africa.