Multiple crashes on the Ilesa/Akure expressway in Ipetu Ijesa on Tuesday claimed the lives of six people and injured seven others, according to the Osun State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps.
The State Sector Commander, Corps Commander Henry Benamaisia, confirmed the crash.
He stated that a sum of N27,171,400 had been retrieved from the scene of the accident and given to the relatives of the deceased victims as soon as the money was found.
Benamaisia stated that the accident involved two commercial vehicles—an Opel and a Toyota Sienna—and that dangerous driving and excessive speeding were likely the causes.
“Immediately after the accident occured, my men visited the scene. Seven people were injured, six people died, people involved were 14 and one person was not injured.
“The injured victims were taken to Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, while corpses of the deceased were deposited at the same hospital morgue.
“N21,900 belonging to the driver who drove GBA 440 XA OPEL ZAFIRA was handed over to NPF Ijebu Ijesa. Police towed the vehicles involved to their station.
“Also, a sum of Twenty-Seven Million One Hundred and Seventy-One Thousand Four Hundred Naira (N27,171,400) only was recovered from the scene and handed over to the victims’ family members. The owner of the money was a Hausa businessman who was traveling from Ilesa.
“Immediately our men finished counting the money after some hours, we made contact with the victims' relations including their children and they came for the money. The money was presented to them in the presence of the Police and leaders of the Hausa community in Ijesaland,” Benamaisia said.
Alhaji Isiaka Alilu thanked the FRSC officials for their nationalism and sincerity, which has also demonstrated to the world that the organization is enthusiastic and dependable, after receiving the funds on behalf of the Hausa people group administration.
The injured are being treated at Wesley Guild Hospital, and the facility's mortuary has been set up to store the dead people's bodies.
