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Three persons were feared dead on Friday in an accident involving three trucks on Ikare-Owo Expressway at Akungba Akoko town in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The accident occurred barely six weeks after a similar accident killed no fewer than 16 people and injured many residents of the town.
It was gathered that the accident happened at the Okerigbo Hill near the main gate of the Adekunle Ajasin University.
According to an eyewitness, one of the trucks loaded with bags of cement had a brake failure while descending the hill.
Tragedy struck on Friday evening in Ondo State following an accident which claimed about five lives along Ikare-Akoko/Owo highway. The accident occurred
By Dayo Johnson – Akure
THREE persons were feared dead in Akungba, Akoko South-West council area of Ondo State in a crash involving three trucks.
Several others were reportedly injured in the crash along the lkare/ Owo highway.
The three truck went up in flames following the impact of the collision.
Recall that a similar crash in which 16 persons were killed occurred in the same community over a month ago.
One of the truck according to eyewitness account was loaded with bags of cement while the two others were loaded with gift item, packs of frozen fish and chicken.
Vanguard gathered that the crash occurred at the Okerigbo Hill near the main gate of the Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba.
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Eight IPOB members arrested for burning Asaba court during #EndSARS protest Eight IPOB members arrested for burning Asaba court during #EndSARS protest
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Eight members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) from Ebonyi State have been arrested for burning public structures in Koka junction area of Asaba, Delta State capital during the #EndSARS protest in October.
Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters in Asaba on Thursday, the Police Commissioner, Hafiz Inuwa, said the suspects who resided in Koka disguised themselves as #EndSARS protesters before setting the structures ablaze.
The commissioner named the suspects as 18-year-old Igwe Tobechukwu, 20-year-old Chidera Chukwu, 20-year-old Chukuebuka Aweke, 22-year-old Emmanuel Arigon, 20-year-old Chidoke Nwankwo, 20-year-old Obima Ebuka, 20-year-old Nwafor Joshua and 20-year-old Esther Chukwu, the only female.