Truck crushes Ogun monarch inside ‘Keke Napep’ to death

<p>Tragedy struck on Tuesday when a truck crushed the Olu of Onibuku, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba Abraham Bankole, to death.</p>, <p>DAILY POST gathered that the monarch was aboard a tricycle, otherwise known as Keke Napep, when the truck ran over him along the Ota-Idiroko expressway, close to Winners Chapel.</p>, <p>The Oba was said to have died on the spot when the truck with registration number, EPE 252 XF, crushed him while alighting from the tricycle.</p>, <p>Contacted, the spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said, “I was informed of the incident today.”</p>, <p>Okpe, however, said she was yet to be fully briefed by the FRSC in Ota Unit.</p>, <p>A first-class Oba in Ogun West, who did not want his name in print, confirmed the incident, expressing sadness over why the monarch decided to commute in a tricycle instead of a personal car.</p>, <p>There are speculations that Oba Bankole may not have a befitting car or he might have parked his car due to the hike in the pump price of petrol.</p>, <p>The monarch’s remains, it was gathered, have been deposited at the General Hospital, Ota.</p>