@poster
it's nice but it's costly. nevertheless, do u have offices in other places apart from Lagos?. if yes, pls list the places especially in Abuja

@sagamit
ABUJA is not in the north, mind you.

but if it was a Muslim that disrupted the Christians' Sunday church service, will Christians protest or just keep mute as if nothing happened?. answers pls.

Nairalanders, that was a terrible accident caused by a policeman on check-point. this issue of policemen on check-points collecting 20 naira and causing traffic jams on our roads is becoming unbearable and have caused a lot of harms than good to Nigerians. when are we going to rise up and stop all these illegal activities done by the policemen on our roads. upon these things happening on our roads, Govt still invest billions of naira on airport security, rehabilitation and others, while they keep on neglecting our roads because they rarely make use of it. Our leaders behaviour is very very inhuman!!!.

picture 1 is the 18 seater bus with the burnt victims inside

picture 2 is others vehicles along the road, that were burnt

Black Sunday: 40 burnt to death in multiple auto accident
, As trailer crushes 24 vehicles
•Occupants burnt beyond recognition
By CHRIS ANUCHA and OLUWOLE FAROTIMI
Monday, August 16, 2010
•picture 1 is the Burnt victims in a fully-loaded 18-seater passenger bus


It was indeed a black Sunday yesterday, as over 40 persons perished in a multiple road accident, on the bridge opposite Otedola Estate, near Berger Bus-Stop, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The accident occurred between 10am and 11 am. Among the dead were a five-year-old child and his mother, whose charred bodies were still trapped in the wreckage when Daily Sun visited the scene.

Also, a little boy, who was in a Mercedes Benz car with his parents, was killed. His parents were said to have managed to come out of the vehicle but the unlucky boy did not, before fire engulfed the car.

The dead woman and his five-year-old child were among the 18 occupants of a Toyota Sienna bus. All the occupants, except the driver, died on the spot. They were said to be travelling to Ilorin, Kwara State, for an examination today. Daily Sun could not confirm if it was the mandatory exams being conducted by the Federal Government for workers in the ministries and parastatals. Daily Sun counted about 13 vehicles that were burnt beyond recognition and 11, that were seriously damaged.

However, there were some survivors, some of whom sustained various degrees of injuries. Many of them were rushed to various hospitals, while some received first aid treatment from officials of the Lagos State Emergency Ambulance Services. Among the survivors were a young lady, Nike Abidogun and another young girl, whose identity could not be ascertained.

According to a source, the young girl, who escaped from one of the burning bus, in a bid to run away from the confusion, jumped from the bridge and landed on hard objects. The girl, who is about 13 years of age sustained injuries and was taken to an undisclosed hospital by a man identified as Bolaji Bello.
When Daily Sun visited the scene, bodies of victims littered the area while the ones that were trapped in the vehicles were yet to be removed.

According to an eyewitness account, the accident was caused by policemen, attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), who mounted checkpoint on the expressway checking vehicles particulars and extorting money from motorists. They were alleged to have flagged down some vehicles before the driver of a trailer, conveying industrial sugar lost control and rammed into vehicles in front, crushing them like egg shells.

The first vehicle hit by the trailer was said to have caught fire, which quickly spread to others. The driver of the trailer and other three occupants also died on the spot. All the vehicles involved in the accident were coming from Ojota axis of the expressway. Blaming the police for the tragedy, some of the sympathizers wondered why they mounted checkpoint in the area thereby causing the accident.

One of them, Solomon Michael, said immediately the accident occurred, the policemen fired some shots in the air which paved the way for their escape. Bello told Daily Sun how he pleaded with some policemen, after rescuing the girl that jumped down from the bridge, to help him take her to the hospital, but they ignored him and sped off in their patrol vehicle.

Some of the vehicles that were involved in the accidents included, Honda Accord with registration number FP 736 LSR, a Nissan SUV marked, GY 136 EKY, another vehicle marked, AG 326 FMT, a pick-up marked XN 68 EPE, Toyota Corolla marked, DY 666 KRD and another vehicle with registration number KR 194 KRD.

Still lamenting the role of the policemen in the carnage, another sympathiser, Kayode Olubunmi, said the accident would have been avoided, if there were no policemen stopping and searching vehicles on the bridge. He appealed to the police authorities to investigate the cause of the accident, with a view to punishing any policeman found culpable. A driver, who narrowly escaped death in the road mishap, told newsmen at the scene of the accident that the road accident was caused by some policemen who blocked one lane of the roads, while checking vehicles on the other lane.

The man, who identified himself as Rashed Adeniji, said he lost his younger brother who was a bus conductor in the accident. “We were again in a serious traffic here on this spot this morning where the police officers use to collect N20, from us and pursue people coming with second hand cars, also known as Tokunbo. All of a sudden we just heard a big bang at the back, before I knew it, fire had engulfed the whole place.

“I quickly managed to come out of the motor and ran to the other side where I saw a trailer that rammed into the long queue of vehicles waiting to be cleared by the police officers. People started running here and there. I looked around but I did not see my conductor, my own brother. I rushed back to the bus which at this time was in flames along with many other vehicles. I started shouting for help from people to rescue my passengers about 18 of them, including my brother. As I am talking to you now, they could not come out, they all burnt to ashes,” he said.

Another eyewitness, who identified himself as Solomon Michael, corroborated the statement of Adeniji, adding that the trailer loaded with foams and some combustible materials lost control as a result of brake failure and rammed into other vehicules.

“It is a very sad development. Why would the police come and close one lane in this kind of place and mount roadblock? This kind of accident has happened so many times. The government does not want to address the issue. Maybe their own people are not involved yet,” he lamented.

Meanwhile, irate youth who fingered the police as the cause of the accident were also seen looking for policemen in uniform to attack. Sensing danger, the police deployed to maintain law and order immediately retreated to a safe distance from where they threw canisters of tear gas to scare away the angry youth.

When Daily Sun contacted the Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman, Mr. Frank Mba, over the alleged role of policemen in the tragedy, he described it as mere allegation.

According to him, “it is easy for people to make allegation and another thing is to sustain such allegation.” He explained that it was the driver of the trailer who lost control and rammed into other vehicles.

Mba said: “I don’t know the link between a trailer that failed brake and policemen. Our concern now is not who caused the accident or who should take the blame. Our concern is to ensure that those who are injured are taken to the hospitals and the bodies of the dead ones taken to the right place.”
He, however, assured that the police would investigate the allegation levelled against them. “We will investigate who caused the accident, who is to be blamed and punished,” he said.

@poster, for u to have posted this on nairaland shows u are widely exposed to enough informations that u would have heard on air or from national dailies that u can't contract the virus from a mosquito bite, Or don't u listen to the radio or messages from the ministry of health. Thanks

OBJ, old soldier never die. life is sweet

This discussion on kissing is becoming boring.

@skyndyp
in case u don't know, just get it to Ur head that a pregnant woman produces milk from her breast, even if she have not given birth to a baby for the first time. but the milk may not be flowing as u may be expecting. u suppose to know that if u are really a woman as u claim.

the story is f, cked. damn!

in oyibo man's country NO
in naija YES

One problem with some guys is that they tend to love their girlfriend more than their girlfriend love them, so when things like this happen they are always shattered emotionally into pieces like a broken pot. Ur love for a woman who is not Ur wife is not suppose to be more than 30% so that whenever things like this happen u will be able to put yourself together and move on with life. girlfriends are not to be trusted. if what u said is a true story, i will advice u to assume u never met that girl in the first place and move on with Ur life otherwise Ur emotional problem may cause u high blood pressure. And Pls, don't tend to remember Ur past romance with her because the more u remember it, the more u it will get u down emotionally. there are many girls who are not yet into a relationship, u can hook up with any of them if u still wish to.         that's my candid advice.

pics or proof pls

Dear nairalanders, i have seen ur replies so far. Thanxs y'all.

What of Achike Udenwa, the former Governor of Imo state?. Person no dey see im break light again. Where im dey sef?. I suggest that guy should be arrested by Efcc or is he OBJ's boy.

Pls kindly tell us how u came to know about nairaland forum. Was it suggested by a friend or what?.

Former lagos state governor Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has vowed not allow the country to slip into a one party state, speaking at the presidential wing of the murtala Muhammed international airport in lagos on his arrival from an overseas trip, Tinubu accused the PDP-led federal government of showing little commitment to taking the country to a greater height 11 years after taking hold of the reins of power. He wondered why the government abandoned governance for trivial issues such as zoning and who is running for what political office. He also slammed the national assembly for taking away the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commision{INEC} by passing a legislation on the order of elections. His words; "we will not allow this country to become a one-party state. I don't want to talk about jonathan running, or sitting down or broken ankle. That is their problem, that is the problem of PDP. We are looking at a country that is stable and progressing and we want to work hard as the opposition party to wrest power from this POVERTY DEVELOPMENT PARTY {PDP}, that has not done any Nigerian any good. They have drifted completely from government. It is now all about zoning and running, they have personalised Nigeria. Poverty is on the line, unemployment is rife among our youths. 50 years after our independence, we are still talking about our potentials and not the reality, the progress that a nation is making," he said. From THE NATION newspaper, SATURDAY AUGUST 7 2010, PAGE 4.

She needs an advice which i believe nairalanders can give.

A female friend of mine dated a guy about 4yrs ago and during the time of their relationship, she was impregnanted by the guy who later opted for abortion which the girl refused. As a result of her refusal, the guy denied the responsibility and went on with his life. Just last year being 2009, he got married to another girl and few months after the marriage he had an ancident which made him impotent according to a medical doctor who later confirmed the damages done to his reproductive system as a result of the accident. Now, the boy is pleading with the girl to let go his child who is now getting to 3yrs old. And the girl is not yet married. Beside that, the parents of the girl said on no account will their daughter get married to him after the long yrs of pains he caused her{their daughter}. As for the wife of the guy, she said she's not leaving the guy because she is afraid of not getting married to another man again due to her age, she is 35yrs+. What's ur advice?.

Akpabio, are u afraid of critics?, maybe u should consider adopting Dora's re-branding project with the head office in UNITED KINGDOM.

that man called[b] David Mark must go back to complete his NYSC to 2 yrs [/b]if finally implemented. mscheww

OBJ, always a controversial human being. this ur talk get direction oo!

who be OBJ

ehm, Mr.Engineer the poster. I don't see the reason why u should make ur family issue a public one, well for u to have gone to the extent of bringing out ur family issue for members of the public to discuss simply means u are out to tanish Dora's image and good reputation maybe because u didn't benefit something from her as the nephew of the information minister which alone can make u to hate her with passion. Never mind, we know what it's like to be a nephew to a minister and still don't get the expected favour which u taught u would get as the minister's nephew. I want u to have in mind that Dora is a public servant whose aim is to serve nigeria and not to enrich her family members as u may be thinking but apart from all that u have said, i still believe u didn't tell us the whole story. Ur story sounds more of a "cut and join" story with the real truth hidden inside the extracted sentences. Pls try and open up but don't make it public again. Remember! , it's family issue pls. I wouldn't want to read such post again especially when it concerns Dora. Think wisely poster, think!!.

oh! my lovely army girl. i miss uuuu

na by force?

try the next door lady pls. maybe she will be in the mood.

trillion budgeting, embezzlement and oversea travels.

chei! chineeeeeke. they don cause another puzzle for bobos.

@Emuwa
boy, this coconut head, e no go make the girl run?. stare ke? with the guff/Kai Kai eye

recharge 1000+ credit on ur phone and send her "i love u i love u i love u i love u i love u i love u"  till 300x and she will know that u really have time for her. happy love, Goodluck lover boy.