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Ogun Community Calls For Govt Intervention As Professor Dies In Hit-And-Run Accident

Following the incessant accidents on the Kemta-Somorin road, residents of the Ajebo Road Housing Estate, Kemta, in Abeokuta, on Tuesday, called on the state government to intervene in ensuring the safety of its roads for pedestrians.

The call followed the loss of one Oladipo Ademuyiwa, a professor in the Biochemistry department at FUNAAB, who fell victim to a reckless hit-and-run driver on Prof Wole Soyinka Road within the Kemta-Somorin road on Sunday.

DAILY POST reports that members of the Nigeria Automobile Technicians Association in Ogun State had also protested the death of three of their colleagues by a truck driver in the Kemta area.

The technicians blocked the recently constructed Ajebo/OGTV motorway and promised never to permit truck drivers to use it again until there is a tangible remedy for the ongoing loss of lives on the road.

However, the chairman of the Ajebo Road Housing Estate, Ayo Ajasa, stated that despite repeated appeals to the government and relevant agencies, no concrete action has been taken to install speed breakers and other necessary safety measures on the road.

Ajasa asserted that the incessant and avoidable accidents could be prevented if the state government intervened.

He said, “It is disheartening that despite repeated appeals to the Ogun State Government and relevant agencies, no concrete action has been taken to install speed breakers and other necessary safety measures on this road.

“The government did not hesitate in installing speed bumps on the Ilugun end of the road, but ignored our persistent requests to safeguard lives in the Ajebo Road Housing Estate.”

The chairman called for the installation of speed breakers along Prof Wole Soyinka Road, the installation of lorry barriers, and clear traffic signage to caution motorists against reckless driving.

He opined that stricter laws to curb excessive speeding within the estate should be enforced.

“It is unacceptable that a community of law-abiding citizens must suffer repeated accidents, near-fatal encounters, and now the loss of an esteemed professor, simply due to government inaction.

“Another accident occurred within 24 hours of this tragic incident, proving that this road remains a death trap. However, we hold the government accountable and call on the Governor of Ogun State to intervene immediately before more lives are lost.

“We also appeal to the media, civil society organizations, and well-meaning Nigerians to amplify this call for justice and safer roads in our community,” Ajasa added.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/02/18/ogun-community-calls-for-govt-intervention-as-professor-dies-in-hit-and-run-accident/

What A Shocking BAD NEWS, Too Painful 😭

Kai RIP Prof

Ogun state again?

Mr BadNews how market

Rip sir

Rest in Peace Sir.
The wife is now a widow. Children are now partial orphans.

Wow I knew him very well. He's a senior lecturer in the departments of biochemistry and a member of RCCG in Obantoko parish in Abeokut and his childrens are still kids

This is so sad. May God grant his family the fortitude to bear their own loss 🙏

RIP Sir

Bad news. Read it yesterday morning and my heart broke, for the recklessness of Yahoo driver according to police. May God comfort.

Useless Govt, always ready to defend rather than take actions. A resourceful individual is now dead.

RIP sir

May that driver know no peace and if you're on this forum and like to drive wrecklessly may ogun kpai you alone.

Sad to loose a professor. May his soul RIP

Dis is so Painful 😡

OMG!!!,,,my alma mater....may his soul rest in the bossom of the Lord

[quote author=Salvation2005 post=134205481]RIP SIR, if ogun state government had used the same energy they're using to chase that werey potable up and down to attend to the appeal this residents may be this Prof won't have died

An asset wasted by an alleged yahoo boy.

Learn to drive, learn to drive, the average Nigerian will say no — the belief is that consistent exposure to a vehicle makes one an expert. Oyibos were not fools for making it a law that people should learn to drive first. Their driving classes are four times harder than ours. It pays off in the sense that they experience less accidents overall.

Sorry for the loss, RIP Sir!

An egg head wasted by a yahoo boy on colos sad

RIP Prof

The yahoo boy that killed him should be fished out

RIP Professor. My condolence to the family


Nigeria Elections & Sexual harassment in higher institutions are two things that made me no longer respect/worship Professors as I use to do many years ago when I was still a teenager.

But I know there are still good ones out there.

Chai

All the road needs are speed breakers.That will cost next to nothing.