The Ogun State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), on Saturday, returned a sum of N2.961 million to an accident victim, Asabi Adenike.
The victim was amongst nine persons who sustained various degrees of injuries in a lone crash involving a yellow Toyota Lite Ace bus marked, WWD 558 XA along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Mr Clement Oladele, the state Sector Commander, disclosed this to Journalist in Abeokuta on Saturday, said the money was recovered from the accident scene after documentation of items in the ill-fated bus.
“The victims’ belongings inside the ill-fated bus were conveyed to FRSC Command at Ogunmakin, where on routine documentation the sum of N2. 096million was recovered”.
“Upon diligent investigation, a female passenger of the crashed bus, Mrs Asabi Adenike of Kuola Street, Apata, Ibadan, who sustained injuries and undergoing medical attention was identified as the owner of the bag containing the recovered money. “After contacting her relatives, she authorised that the FRSC hands over the recovered money to her Mother, Mrs Bisola Adedeji,” he said.
According to Oladele, the accident happened around 10:15am and it involved 11 people, comprising of three men, six female adult and two female children.
The sector commander noted that though, there were no deaths recorded, nine of the passengers which included three male adult and six female adult sustained serious injuries.
“The lone crash involved a Yellow Toyota LiteAce bus with registration number WWD 558 XA travelling from Ibadan to Lagos.
He said that, the crash was caused by a burst tyre, from which the vehicle lost control and crashed.
“The injured victims were taken to Ifeoluwa hospital Ogunmakin for medical treatment and the road obstruction cleared”, he concluded.
