Train/Bus Accident: Sanwo-Olu Declares Three Days Mourning Period In Lagos

Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has declared 3 days mourning period in his state following the unfortunate accident that occurred as a moving train rammed into a state bus conveying civil servants to work in the state on Thursday, March 9, IGBERETV reports.

He wrote on his Twitter handle;

"I was at LASUTH to understand the condition of the victims of the bus/train accident.

The team at LASUTH expertly setup an outdoor triage centre which has contributed in saving lives, speeding up injury level profiling and supporting immediate critical action.

"This was a totally avoidable incident that simply required patience and the need to follow proper transportation protocol.

There were 85 pax on board the bus with 6 deaths, 42 moderate injuries, 29 serious and 8 mild injuries according to the LASUTH classification scale.

"Lagos is in a state of mourning and for the next 3 days, I am suspending all campaign activities. All flags will be flown at half mast and tomorrow all civil servants will work till 12 noon before returning home to be with their loved ones during this trying time.

"It is still a critical period for some of the patients as we continue to call for blood donations across different state government medical facilities.

This is a call for our humanity to rise above all. I also thank LASEMA, the security agencies, staff and students of LASUTH."

https://twitter.com/jidesanwoolu/status/1633836396673912832?t=8bGPReA3Ccc_axCTNMAjxw&s=19

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Train/Bus Accident: Sanwo-Olu Declares Three Days Mourning Period In Lagos

Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has
declared 3 days mourning period in his state following the unfortunate accident that occurred as a moving train rammed into a state bus conveying civil servants to work in the state on Thursday, March 9, IGBERETV reports.

He wrote on his Twitter handle;



https://twitter.com/jidesanwoolu/status/1633836396673912832?t=8bGPReA3Ccc_axCTNMAjxw&s=19

Seun Lalasticlala Mynd44 nlfpmod

Lagos State Govt is culpable. Even if the NRC staff who are supposed to man the intersection refused to report to work, why not install traffic lights at the various intersection to save your own people? Afi ariwo heee, bii loudspeaker that the puppet is known for

Secondly, employment into public offices in Lagos is done on a man-know-man basis, instead of merit-based. Just obtain a letter from one baalę or a political figure and you have the job. Those BRT drivers are reformed moluę drivers mainly recruited with the aid of the oluomo boys who broke away from the NURTW. People should just take a look at those buses when ambode brought them in and how their looks are now...in barely 4 years. Most of the used luxury buses plying mainland-island routes, owned by individuals were transport buses abroad for many years before they were sent to Africa .

Had they employed drivers on merit, the buses would have been well maintained, drivers too would have acted professionally. I remember that foolish brt driver who killed that pretty girl he picked at lekki that night and dumped her body by the roadside. See what another brt driver had done today

Quackery wouldn't have a place in employment meant for professionals anymore. A new, people-friendly government is coming. Ara eko, ę lo fokan balę

Like serious

Eyes Service, make e just dey play, Lagosians already know who they want to be their governor.

Afonja votes don reduce. 99.98% of SW civil servants are ewedulized Afonjanistans.

Politicians and caring during the time of election ehhh

Well am sure he's already moving out from that seat

The election postponement by INEC really favours Sanwo-Olu. Enough time to go around begging

Wow! Obi has really reset brains. But we need to reset their brains further on the 18th. We, the masses, hold all the cards now.

Wow!

Would the 3 days of mourning bring back the dead?

Mr governor, just ensure that the families of the victims are properly cared for, and provide proper medical care to those in hospital at zero cost.

Wow

If I ask to sleep with his wife now I might probably get a yes.

This guy is probably the nicest man at the moment

He should not only declare mourning but try to find a way to avoid this kinda accident in future. May God console the bereaved.

RIP to the dead. May we not die untimely

Hmmm, but u couldn't even give a minute silence for those killed at lekki toll gate.

Jostoman:
Eyes Service, make e just dey play, Lagosians already know who they want to be their governor.

They are definitely not going to vote for IPOB supporters. We don't want unknown gunmen to have a field day here in Lagos like they do all over SE.

Yorubas can't entrust Lag to GRV at the moment.

HeadNigga:
Wow! Obi has really reset brains. But we need to resetheur brains further on the 18th. We, the masses, hold all the cards now.

Who is Obi? Michael Obi ?

Terrible, quick recovery to the injured ones and RIP to the dead

Opportunity for Pointus.

A good governor he is anyways.

Very sad day.

I saw this earlier. https://www.nairaland.com/7604047/lagos-train-bus-crash-avoidable
Obi isn't different from them. He's the same. Just complaining now cos he's not in power just as Buhari did till he was given chance and he messed up. A national tragedy like this need not to be used as playing politics. Commiserate and leave. Don't say it's avoidable as if LASG isn't doing enough. It was clearly accounted the driver was careless and was with ear piece.
Only in Nigeria will politicians be capitalizing on tragedy. It's just to show you they aren't different. They v just not gotten there that's why they appear as heroes.

What RCA have you done to arrive at your conclusion?
Let's be reasonable here

Eriokanmi:
Lagos State Govt is culpable. Even if the NRC staff who are supposed to man the intersection refused to report to work, why not install traffic lights at the various intersection to save your own people? Afi ariwo here, bii loudspeaker that the puppet is known for

Secondly, employment into public offices in Lagos is done on a man-no-man basis, instead of merit-based. Just obtain a letter from one baalę or a political figure and you have the job. Those BRT drivers are reformed moluę drivers mainly recruited with the aid of the oluomo boys who broke away from the NURTW. People should just take a look at those buses when ambode brought them in and how their looks are now...in barely 4 years. Most of the used luxury buses plying mainland-island routes, owned by individuals were transport buses abroad for many years before they were sent to Africa .

Had they employed drivers on merit, the buses would have been well maintained, drivers too would have acted professionally. I remember that foolish brt driver who killed that pretty girl he picked at lekki that night and dumped her body by the roadside. See what another brt driver had done today

Quackery wouldn't have a place in employment meant for professionals anymore. A new, people-friendly government is coming.

Djele:
Hmmm, but u couldn't even give a minute silence for those killed at lekki toll gate.

Who took them to the Tollgate ? The Governor? Mtheeew

People lost their lives during the endsars protest in the tollgate.
He didn't say pim.
Because of second tenure baah.
Elu p is a goal

That accident was avoidable.

There should be cross barriers as we have in other countries.

How can I donate blood, I want to help too, direct am in yaba area

Really disturbing news

I hope the government can probe this and get the root cause analysis.

What barriers could be put in place to prevent future occurrences? what structure or process need to be reviewed or implemented to prevent it from happening again.

Is the driver qualified or suffering mental problem? is he mad?
What processes are in place to clear a driver "fit to drive" before he moves?
IS there any alert in place to notify the train that there is an obstacle ahead and automatically activate the breaking system?

So many questions to be asked and addressed

Very sad day.

While some are playing politics with the incident

INEC chairman saw this coming

VeryWickedGoat:
Afonja votes don reduce. 99.98% of SW civil servants are ewedulized Afonjanistans.

The Monday sit- at- home no worry dem, na Government- declared 3 days dey worry tenants. Why are we even discussing Lagos with wanderers. Descendants of Cane.

Is there not enough for you to worry about your eroded and war- ravaged land at the brink of extinction.

No campaign 😂 😂 😂

He for kuku declare 3 days public holiday