The South-West Zonal Chairman, National Association of Road Transport Owners, Yemi Akinola, has attributed last Sunday’s fatal multiple accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to negligence on the part of the police.
Akinola said a checkpoint allegedly mounted by the police caused the mishap.
However, the spokesman for Lagos State Police Command, Frank Mba, a Superintendent, insisted that no checkpoint was mounted by his men at the scene of the accident.
Scores of people were reportedly roasted in the accident which occurred at Lagos end of the expressway, while more than 20 vehicles were burnt.
Akinola said the checkpoint mounted on the highway by the police was responsible for the accident.
He urged the police authorities to address the problem of indiscriminate setting up of checkpoints on highways across the country.
On efforts to reduce accidents involving 12-wheelers on the roads, Akinola said a work permit had been introduced for trailer drivers and their assistants.
According to him,The permit will contain information on the state of the vehicle, destination, the consignment and the owner.
He said it will also help reduce incessant accidents, diversion or theft of such consignments.
However, all efforts to get the National Union of Road Transport Workers officials to comment on the accident were unsuccessful.
Lagos State Chairman of the union, Rafiu Olorunwa, said he was not in the mood to speak on the incident.
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