ANGRY
youths in Ekhiadolor, a suburb of Benin City, set ablaze five trucks
belonging to a beverage company, following a road accident on the
Benin-Lagos Expressway.
The youth were apparently protesting the part played by a truck belonging to the company in the death of a driver of a Mercedez Benz car, who lost his life after driving into one of the stationed trucks of the company parked by the side of the road.
The driver, identified as Iyare, was said to have been rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), where he was pronounced dead.
Angered by the accident, some youths in the area blamed the accident on indiscriminate parking of trucks by the company on the two sides of the road and set five of the trucks ablaze.
Still not satisfied, the youth were said to have moved to the premises of the soft drinks giant just opposite the accident scene, but fled when they sighted policemen.
Some residents of the area said the crashed Mercedez Benz C-class was new and unnumbered and was running from Custom officials, who maintained a post at a spot close to the accident scene.
A police source said “as the youth brought him (driver) out and discovered that he was almost dead, the next thing was to besiege the company and set their property on fire. It took our intervention to prevent them from getting into the factory.”
The accident caused gridlock on the ever-busy road, but some policemen and officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) arrived the scene to control traffic.
The Benin Toll Gate Unit Commander of the FRSC, Ameen Adewale, said the remains of the victim was deposited at the mortuary and efforts were being made to remove the damaged vehicle from the road.
“We got a distress call at some minutes past nine, this (Sunday) morning, that a Mercedes Benz car ran into a well parked truck in front of the beverage company. We have removed the dead body.
“What we are doing now is to ensure traffic control; to make sure that nobody is trapped,” he said.
A source in the company said the company would assess the situation and level of damage done to its property before any decision would be taken.
The youth were apparently protesting the part played by a truck belonging to the company in the death of a driver of a Mercedez Benz car, who lost his life after driving into one of the stationed trucks of the company parked by the side of the road.
The driver, identified as Iyare, was said to have been rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), where he was pronounced dead.
Angered by the accident, some youths in the area blamed the accident on indiscriminate parking of trucks by the company on the two sides of the road and set five of the trucks ablaze.
Still not satisfied, the youth were said to have moved to the premises of the soft drinks giant just opposite the accident scene, but fled when they sighted policemen.
Some residents of the area said the crashed Mercedez Benz C-class was new and unnumbered and was running from Custom officials, who maintained a post at a spot close to the accident scene.
A police source said “as the youth brought him (driver) out and discovered that he was almost dead, the next thing was to besiege the company and set their property on fire. It took our intervention to prevent them from getting into the factory.”
The accident caused gridlock on the ever-busy road, but some policemen and officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) arrived the scene to control traffic.
The Benin Toll Gate Unit Commander of the FRSC, Ameen Adewale, said the remains of the victim was deposited at the mortuary and efforts were being made to remove the damaged vehicle from the road.
“We got a distress call at some minutes past nine, this (Sunday) morning, that a Mercedes Benz car ran into a well parked truck in front of the beverage company. We have removed the dead body.
“What we are doing now is to ensure traffic control; to make sure that nobody is trapped,” he said.
A source in the company said the company would assess the situation and level of damage done to its property before any decision would be taken.
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