David Akachukwu
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The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) has refuted claims that its officials were responsible for a tragic road accident in Abeokuta that resulted in the death of an unidentified motorcyclist.
The incident occurred around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, directly opposite the Federal High Court in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. It involved a white and orange articulated truck bearing the label “A&O.”
Eyewitnesses alleged that the truck was being pursued by TRACE officers when it struck the motorcyclist while attempting to flee the scene.
Bystanders rushed the victim to the Federal Medical Centre, but he was confirmed dead before arrival.
In response to the allegations, TRACE spokesperson Babatunde Akinbiyi released a statement on Thursday, describing the reports as inaccurate and a distortion of the true events.
Akinbiyi clarified that the agency’s officials were not engaged in any form of pursuit involving the truck. He explained that the TRACE patrol team was simply carrying out its routine highway monitoring to ensure smooth traffic flow in the area.
According to the spokesperson, the truck driver, upon noticing the presence of the TRACE vehicle, abruptly veered right at high speed toward the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) area, during which he fatally hit the motorcyclist from behind.
He further disclosed that various suspicious items, including charms, ritualistic objects, and soap, were seen scattered at the scene, having reportedly fallen from the motorcycle.
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He said, “The regrettable incident in question, because it involves human life, is a misrepresentation of facts and issues involved. TRACE was neither chasing nor running after any articulated vehicle because we don’t apprehend at all cost.
“The TRACE patrol vehicle in question was on its normal and usual duty of patrolling the highway within the metropolis to ensure free flow of traffic and check, as well as see to any safety concern that may lead to gridlock, obstruction and loss of man-hour, if not quickly attended to.
“However, on sighting the TRACE patrol vehicle, which is the usual characteristics of articulated vehicle drivers, particularly those who have skeleton in their cupboards, the articulated vehicle driver under consideration, made a quick and unplanned right turn with speed towards SUBEB, and in the process ran into an unidentified private motorcycle rider from the back, with assorted charms, devilish objects and soap falling off the motorcycle.
“Unfortunately, the unidentified private motorcycle rider died at the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, where he was rushed to.”
He disclosed that the driver and the articulated vehicle have been apprehended and impounded at the Motor Traffic Division, Nigeria Police Force, Ibara, Abeokuta, for further investigation and likely prosecution.
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