Three policemen have lost their lives in a crash that occurred on the Benin-Ore Expressway in Ondo State while returning from a national assignment in Edo State.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the policemen were on their way home following the conclusion of the governorship election in Edo State when the vehicle conveying them and their colleagues to Lagos State was involved in an accident in Ore, Ondo State.

While their colleagues survived, with some sustaining varying degrees of injury, the corpses of the three policemen were recovered from the scene of the accident.

The corpses were said to have been deposited in the Ore General Hospital’s mortuary.

It was learnt that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, on Sunday, September 13, 2020, deployed 1,000 policemen to complement the personnel deployed in Edo State by the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.

A policeman, who was in the vehicle and spoke on condition of anonymity, said he and his colleagues spent a week in Edo State for the election and had completed their assignment and were on their way back to their stations in Lagos when the accident, which claimed the lives of the officers, occurred last Sunday.

He said, “An accident claimed three policemen while on our way back from election duties in Edo State last Sunday, September 20, 2020. One of the victims was Corporal Oluwafemi Adeyanju, an indigene of Ondo State, where the accident occurred. The other two policemen were inspectors. I was also deployed in Edo State for the election and we had completed the national assignment and were coming home when the accident happened in Ore and three of my colleagues were killed.

“Apart from the three policemen, who died on the spot, others sustained varying degrees of injury. The family of Adeyanju has gone to claim his remains and buried him in his home town of Akure; we don’t know about the rest of the victims. When we were departing for Edo State, more than 80 buses parked outside the gate of the police command’s headquarters in Ikeja and conveyed us to Edo State.”

Another policeman, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, told PUNCH Metro that the government abandoned them after completing their assignment in Edo State, adding that all the policemen deployed in the state for the election had to find their way back home by themselves.

He said, “We left the command headquarters around 2pm on Sunday, September 13, 2020, and spent a week before the election on Saturday, September 19, 2020, and we returned on Sunday. It was the Federal Government that was responsible for our transportation to Edo State, but we were abandoned after the completion of the assignment and had to return back to base by ourselves.

“I paid my transport fare back home, because I couldn’t remain in Edo State and I thank God that I travelled for the assignment and returned home safely. It was not a small journey; out of the 1,000 policemen deployed in Edo State, only three could not make it back home and some others got injured. The police authorities should find a way to honour their sacrifice while serving the nation.”

Adeyanju, popularly known as Two Sure, was said to be 35-year-old and was reportedly survived by his wife, children, sisters and aged father.

When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said he would get back our correspondent but had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report despite repeated calls and a text message sent to his mobile telephone line.

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RIP to the officers, zoogerian roads have failed them

MrsRighteousness:
Revelation 20:12-15 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. [13] And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. [14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Righteousness don get Mrs oo

Condolences to their Families..
LORD teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom and Know How we ought to Live in order to Make Heaven..

Peace to the family they left behind. Nigeria is just not worth anyone's blood. RIP!

Jeez

RIP to them

Why does this sound like good news

Maybe dem don collect money from innocent citizen wey use curse follow them

Now Nigeria govt will not reason d national duty o. He died for a failed course. Govt no go even reason him family. Wasted death.

Rip

Adams Oshiomole

MrsRighteousness:
Revelation 20:12-15 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. [13] And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. [14] And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. [15] And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Shebi your husband don go on leave ni!

Chai it's well. RIP

They came all the way from Lagos to rig elections in Edo

See the final outcome, Rip to dem even though they might have killed innocent boys all in the name of fighting cyber crime..

Every day one tragic news or the other

RIP

is this karma ?

Abuulayy:
This is gruesome

Sacrificed

I don't know how to write RIP for police because of their generally perceived harsh attitude. But if they deserve it, they will rest in peace but if not then the reverse is the case

sad

RIP officers

cbrezy:
is this kaarma?

Maybe for carrying out the orders of the bullionaire in Bourdillon who was roundly disgraced by the power of the Edo people.

anonimi:

Omo why does it sound like good news.. well it is good for them

Karlovich:
RIP to the officers, zoogerian roads have failed them

Wailer ..

RIP to the deceased

That Benin ore road has really claimed countless lives. Rip to the fallen officers

Death is inevitable wat you do with life when you have it matters
don't just live your life have a plan to exist so even after leaving dis world you will still be remembered for something good