Motorcycle riders blocked sections of the Mile 2 part of the
Oshodi-Apapa road protesting the death of one of their members who was killed
after being run over by a tanker driver, causing extreme traffic on the road
for hours on end.
According to reports, the unnamed motorcyclist was said to
have attempted to move his bike from the custom lane (service lane) of the road
to escape the terrible traffic when he lost balance, falling under the tyre of
an on-coming truck which instantly
crushed him to death.
The accident which occurred on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 made
other motorcyclists to react violently, unleashing dangerous weapons and
torching the truck.
Vanguard reports:
The resultant gridlock forced commuters to trek long
distances to board buses to their respective destinations.
Efforts by security
operatives to pacify the irate protesters failed as they descended on the truck
driver.
It took combined
efforts by team of naval personnel and officers of the Federal Road Safety
Corps, FRSC, to rescue the truck driver from being lynched by the protesters.
An eye witness who
spoke on condition of anonymity, told Vanguard on arrival at the scene that:
“The truck driver was whisked to the premises of the FRSC at Berger, while the
security operatives battled to prevent an escalation of the crisis”.
Mr. B.O Chigbo, Acting Head of Operation the FRSC (Berger),
told Vanguard that the Okada rider was crushed by the trailer when he
mistakenly ran in front of the vehicle.
He said, “At about 11
am, when we were holding our usual official meeting, we heard the people
shouting and we later saw some of our men there. We rushed to know what exactly
was going on and we found out that it was an accident involving an Okada rider
who was driving one way and tried to jump the drainage to the other side.
Unknown to the oncoming trailer driver, the commercial cyclist fell and the
back tyre of the vehicle and was crushed.”
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