Rasheed Ladoja a former governor of Oyo state, on Thursday lost
one of his sons in an auto crash on the Eko Bridge in Lagos.
The deceased, identified as Adebola Ladoja, was driving a
Golf saloon car, marked, AKD 107 CJ, and was said to be on his way to Lagos
Island when a Daf truck, with number plate, JJJ 59 XA, driven by one Justice
Oseghai, rammed into his car on the Eko Bridge.
An eyewitness said the driver of the Daf truck, who was on
top speed, lost control of his vehicle, rammed into the median of the bridge,
before he eventually crashed into the deceased’s car.
He said, “It took several hours before the victim could be
rescued from the wreckage of the vehicle. He was trapped behind the wheels with
blood gushing out of his head.”
The Lagos State Police spokesperson, Ngozi Braide, confirmed
the incident, She said, “At about 3.30pm on the Eko Bridge, Lagos Island, a Daf
truck with number plate, JJJ 59 XA, driven by one Justice Oseghai, ran into a
Volkswagen Golf saloon car, marked, AKD 107 CJ, driven by one Adebola Ladoja,
the son of a former governor of Oyo State, Senator Rasheed Ladoja.
“The victim died on the spot. The corpse has been removed to
the Lagos Island General Hospital mortuary for autopsy while the truck driver
has been arrested.”
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