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The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road
Safety Corps, FRSC, Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday released an interim report on the
auto crash that killed the Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi and his
wife and son.
Mr. Oyeyemi attributed the accident to a
busted tyre which resulted in the loss of control and somersaulting of the
minister’s official car.
Giving details of what happened, Mr.
Oyeyemi said the crash occurred at kilometer 67 Kaduna-Abuja road, after Doka
village.
“The crash occurred at about 1500hrs and
involved two vehicles: one Toyota Lexus LX570 car and a backup car,” he said.
“Three lives were lost in the incident.
While the minister and his son died instantly, the wife later died at the Doka
Hospital near Kaduna.”
The corps marshal further disclosed that
as soon as the crash occurred, the FRSC rescue teams were mobilised from the
ambulance point and unit command at Doka and Kateri respectively, to the scene
where they carried out the rescue activities.
Saying Monday’s report of the incident
was preliminary, Mr. Oyeyemi said he had “ordered full investigation into the
causes of the crash to determine what led to the ghastly crash in order to
prevent future occurrence.”
The FRSC boss commiserated with
President Muhamadu Buhari, members of the Federal Executive Council and the
family of the deceased persons over the tragedy.
“The death of the minister in the crash
was a tragic incident that again challenged the road safety agency to step up
its campaigns against accidents,” Mr. Oyeyemi said.
The FRSC boss said he was personally
touched and would work with relevant stakeholders to develop appropriate
strategies that could address future occurrences.
Mr. Oyeyemi said the FRSC remained
determined to work with the executive and members of the National Assembly as
well as other relevant bodies to work out appropriate modalities for ensuring
crash-free roads.
He said training and retraining of
government drivers was part of the immediate measures being taken by the FRSC
to avert convoy crashes in the country.
He noted that when FRSC trained the
drivers of the governors’ convoys, the benefits in terms of improved driving
culture became immediately noticeable, saying the corps would be working with
members of the Federal Executive Council to train and re-train convoy drivers.
“We are working with the minister of
works, power and housing to install traffic signs at some strategic points
along the highways.
“We are equally committed to working
with the National Assembly to step up advocacy and enforcement strategies to
curtail issues of speed violation and promotion of use of seatbelt,” Mr.
Oyeyemi said.
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