… As FRSC begins Operation Show Driver’s Licence from July 5***

Four people were confirmed dead on Sunday as a result of multiple accident involving a truck at Bode Market in Molete area of Ibadan, Oyo State.

Mrs Uche Chukwurah, the State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), made this known to the newsmen in Ibadan.

Chukwurah said: ” The incident occurred at about 9:25 a.m. One male adult, a male child and two female adults were victims of the accident.

“The suspected cause of the accident is brake failure and loss of control.

“It is a multiple crash that involved a truck, a Honda car, motorcycle and a tricycle.

“Two injured victims have been taken to Lifeway Medical Centre, Bode and Molete Medical Centre.

“The deceased, the male adult and a female adult, were taken by their relatives, while the male child and the other female adult were deposited at Adeoyo Mortuary.”

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Newsmen report that the Oyo State Fire Service, a towing vehicle, officers of the Nigeria Police Force and Amotekun Corps were on ground to rescue the victims.

A witness, Farouk Ibrahim, told newsmen that the brake of the tanker failed at Oje Market.

Ibrahim claimed that driver of the tanker was struggling to avoid a tricycle rider, who stayed on the road, when suddenly, he lost control of the vehicle due to brake failure.

He said that the accident would have been prevented, if people had listened and adhered to closure of the market for a seven-day prayer.

In the meantime, the  Plateau Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) will on Monday  begin a special patrol tagged “Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence”, in an effort to improve road safety.

The Sector Commander, Mr Alphonsus Godwin, made the disclosure on Sunday in Jos in a statement signed  by the command’s Public Education Officer, Mr Andrew Bala.

‘This to inform the general motoring public and motorists plying roads in Jos and its environs that the command will be carrying out a special patrol tagged: ‘Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence’.

“The special patrol will  commence on Monday, July 5, and  end on Sunday, July 11, 2021,” he said.

Godwin said that possession of a valid licence remained a major requirement for driving, adding that absence of it constituted a traffic infraction and endangered lives of road users.

He said that the command was  embarking on the special patrol to clampdown on erring motorists and stop  quack drivers.

According to him, the command will look out for drivers with no valid licence, drivers with expired licence and those driving with expired  temporary licence.

The sector commander appealed to motorists and the general public to cooperate with FRSC personnel in the operation.

He warned that disobedience would attract  punishment.