SCORES KILLED IN A GHASTLY AUTO-CRASH IN OSUN ALLEGEDLY CAUSED BY POLICE EXTORTION
Not less than 25 people have been reported dead in a multiple vehicle accident which occurred at police checkpoint along Erin Oke Ijesha-Akure road in Osun State.
According to an eyewitness, Prince Babatunde Adegbite, the accident which involved three private cars, an 18 seater commercial bus, and a beer truck was allegedly caused by policemen ‘extorting’ money from the motorists before the beer truck lost control after a brake failure.
He added that the policemen ran away from the scene after the accident, before the arrival of Civil defense and FRSC personnel and some soldiers who helped in evacuating the victims.
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