The Lagos State Government is perfecting plans to prosecute the owner and driver of the ill-fated fuel tanker which exploded last Thursday on Otedola Bridge inward Ojodu Berger along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the State’s Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal said on Monday.

Already, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem had at the weekend written to the CP to advise him on the relevant provisions of the law that could guide the ongoing investigation which would lead to possible prosecution.

Confirming receipt of the letter while briefing Government House Correspondents after the Security Council Meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, Edgal said investigations into the incident were ongoing, saying that government would not allow vehicles that pose serious danger to residents on the road.

The police chief, who briefed journalists alongside heads of other security agencies in the State, specifically commiserated with those who lost their loved ones to the tragic incident, while also commending emergency responders who quickly raced to the scene to keep the causality figure low.

“As regards investigation into the matter, it is in top gear. I have just received a letter from the office of the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice which stated very clearly charges which we are going to prefer against the driver and the owner of that tanker.

“Henceforth, we are using this opportunity to call on all tanker drivers, all lorry drivers, all owners of such articulated vehicles to please submit those vehicles for Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) test; they must go through the entire hub and get the Ministry of Transportation (MOT) Certificate of Road Worthiness. We will not allow such vehicles which obviously pose serious danger to other road users on our roads,” Edgal said.

He said government had already directed security agencies to intensify enforcement of relevant laws, especially the State Traffic Law, with the view to ensuring that the roads and highways in the State were safe for commuters to ply without any danger.

Edgal also urged residents to always refrain from converging on the scene of any accident of such magnitude as that of the unfortunate tanker fire incident, saying there could be secondary explosion which could lead to loss of lives.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/07/lasg-to-prosecute-owner-driver-of-tanker-involved-in-otedola-bridge-inferno.html

Good development.

Ok

Prosecute the owner on what grounds?

Hmmmmmmmm. Na the owner drive the truck. The commercial driver that was carrying passengers was not mentioned. Clowns

wait o. so the driver didnt die?

Is the truck's driver still alive?

Y'all didn't think about checking the road worthiness of tankers until 9 died and over 30 cars/valuables got reduced to nothing in an inferno.

Medicine after death

Nigeria my country

mumu govt. As if it will bring the dead back to life.

Useless Govt

APC have come again?

persecuting for accident, hmmm

Story Yimu

Afam4eva:
Prosecute the owner on what grounds?

coporate mansluaghter!

I really hope so

See them coming see them crying. Buhari, u see ur life? Mtcheeeew.

The owner asked the truck to fail break or asked the driver to burn his truck and the product..... Pls focus that energy in fighting killer herdsmen

I really miss mr fashola sha i wondered wat he would av done in dis case mr ambode lacks d ginger to tackle such

Let it start and not just talk

The same way they prosecuted TB Joshua after his house collapsed and killed over 100 South African blockheads who believed Jesus was a Nigerian scammer based in Lagos.

Afam4eva:
Prosecute the owner on what grounds?

...a truck that is not road worthy...haba...its the owner's duty to ensure the truck is in good condition...

Nigerian govt. Always reactive and not pro active

So he had to contact CP before knowing charges to prefer?? now police will come up with things the driver did and the ones he didn't do.

Hmmm...what will happen to the danfo driver and owner whose bus the tanker was avoiding before losing control?

Afam4eva:
Prosecute the owner on what grounds?

As in? Me I no understand oh.

erico2k2:

coporate mansluaghter!

Noooo..

Vicarious liability!

[quote author=Mac2016 post=69029620]Is the truck's driver still alive?

In nigeria tanker driver can never die in accident, their secret society allways see them through.