It was a gory site yesterday at the Zariagi end of the Abuja/Okene highway when the residents woke up to behold crushed bodies of over 50 robbery victims. The victims were said to be passengers of an Abuja-bound luxury bus, marked XI 300 ABC, belonging to a popular transport company.

They were said to have been waylaid by robbers, who ordered them to lie face down on the highway before they were dispossessed of their belongings.

An unsuspecting truck was said to have run over the victims and later escaped the scene of the accident.
A similar incident occurred precisely two years ago when a trailer lorry crushed 40 armed robbery victims along Sagamu/Benin highway.

The incident, which occurred along Odogbolu-Ijebu axis of the Benin Expressway also left several other passengers severely injured.

Kogi State Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Sunday Maku, confirmed yesterday’s tragedy. He said that his men were alerted to the scene by residents of the area.
An eye witness said that the luxury bus was coming from Lagos and headed towards Abuja when it ran into the robbers along Zariagi end of the Abuja-Okene highway.

The bandits were said to have barricaded part of the highway with a vehicle while their colleagues laid in ambush for oncoming vehicles at the other side of the road.
As the ill-fated vehicle ran into the robbers, the eye-witness stated that the hoodlums ordered all the over 50 occupants out of the bus and forced them to lie face down on the road.

The robbers later had a field-day dispossessing them of their money and other valuables.
It was, however, gathered that another luxury bus coming from Lagos, in company with another truck, was said to have run into the operation and in the process, crushed the passengers, killing them on the spot.

Maku disclosed that the mangled remains of the passengers littered the road as other vehicles ran over them. Bones, brains and other parts of the bodies were scattered on the highway.
He described the accident as so fatal that his men could only retrieve 14 bodies, consisting 10 male adults, three female adults and a baby. The driver of the bus and a soldier were, however, said to be the only survivors of the accident.

Maku urged members of the public to stop travelling at night, saying ‘night journeys are always deadly’.
Meanwhile, the bodies have been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, while the luxury bus had been impounded by the Police for investigation.

Unfortunately Nigerians are no longer moved to action because nothing really happens after this news. The Police claim to be fighting crime day-in day-out but we cannot even measure their performance because there are no records of their performance. Insecurity in every form has dominated every corner of Nigerian Society and the FG and various Security Agencies are too lazy and ill-equipped to do anything about it.

There is no plan to improve security or implement Police Reforms. there never will be any from the looks of it.
1: children are not safe because the day a teacher feels he is too poor, your kid will be kidnapped and you will pay the ransom
2: The day Money-ritualists run short of cash, a man's simple trip from Ikeja to Illupeju will end up in a jungle somewhere in offa where he will be beheaded along with hundreds of unfortunate citiziens who planned to reach home and sleep peacefully with their families
3: The day a man gets stranded on the highway, he will meet his end from the cruel hands of Area-boys lurking under the bridge
4: The day a family sleeps through the night, they will never wake up because the usually peaceful mallam has cut-off their heads at night.
5: The day a man goes into the bank to withdraw his meagre salary will be the day armed-robbers have chosen for him to meet his maker.
6: The day you leave your child with the Nanny is the day she decides to run-off with him never to be found
7: The day you meet drunk and angry policemen at night is the day they decide you earn too much to be a honest Nigerian - 2 shots to the head is enough for you.

There is no Security in Nigeria and there are no plans for any. Thanks for Voting and not knowing how to protect your vote

I'm tired of this god damn country, Pls can someone post the pic?

god have mercy on those dead

Sometimes I wonder what sort of country we live in.