A police officer, CSP Adewale Adebayo, on Tuesday blamed the Aug. 15 multiple accidents on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on alleged recklessness by a driver of a trailer owned by Dangote Sugar Refinery Company.
Adebayo, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the Isheri Police Division, Lagos testified at a coroner inquest into the accidents which claimed more than 40 lives.
The inquest being carried out at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court is at the request of a group, Access to Justice, pursuant to Sections 14 (1) (2) (3) and 15 (1) (2) (3) of the Coroner’s System Law of Lagos State, 2007.
Adebayo On the spot investigation revealed that a driver of a truck belonging to the Dangote Sugar Refinery Company drove recklessly while descending from the Michael Otedola Bridge.
The DPO said the driver was still at large because of alleged unwillingness of his employers to release him to the police.
Adebayo, the sixth witness in the inquest, exonerated the police from any culpability, describing as strange and false, an allegation that the accident was caused by a road block mounted by policemen.
The Access to Justice had petitioned the Lagos State Coroner, Justice Yetunde Idowu, and the state Attorney-General, Supo Shasoke , requesting the inquest to ascertain the cause of the accident.
The Presiding Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, adjourned the inquest till Oct. 29 for continuation of evidence.
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