Ademola Babalola, IbadanAbout 15 minutes to the new year, 30 lives were reportedly lost in a road accident on Monday night near Bola Ige International market along new Ife-Ibadan expressway, Gbagi, Ibadan, Oyo state capital. Our correspondent gathered that the victims were crushed to death by an oncoming trailer from Iwo road axis which rammed into the commercial buses by the entrance of the market. Punch correspondent had around the same time, witnessed firefighters battling to quench an inferno that engulfed multimillion naira goods at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba Ibadan shop complex near Elder Taye Ayorinde house Ekotedo, Ibadan. The Gbagi accident which occurred around 11:45pm, led to heavy gridlock which saw vehicles enroute Ife from Ibadan stranded for several hours. A Toyota Camry and Nissan Micra cars were also said to have been crushed by the trailer.

Source: Punch January 01, 2019 15:45 UTC