By Ige Adekunle
A traditional ruler in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Bankole, was crushed to death by a truck on Tuesday on Ota-Idiroko Expressway.
Bankole who was the Olu of Onibuku was crushed to death by a truck with registration number EPE 252 XF.
It was learnt that the truck hit the traditional ruler while he was alighting from a tricycle, popularly known as Keke Napep, along the Ota-Idiroko Expressway, close to Winners Chapel.
He was said to have died on the spot.
Mr Adekunle Ajibade, the Sango-Ota Area Commander of the state Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident in an interview.
Ajibade blamed the incident on “dangerous and reckless driving” by the truck driver.
He explained that the corpse of the late traditional ruler had been deposited at the state hospital, Ota.
Ajibade, who described the accident as avoidable, cautioned motorists against reckless driving.
(NAN)
