Vehicle Conveying Inmates Collides With Mini Bus In Osun

A Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) vehicle and a commercial minibus popularly known as Korope collided in Osun on Thursday morning, causing panic in the area.

It was gathered that the collision occurred around the Olaiya Flyover in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

The NCS vehicle which was conveying inmates from the Correctional facility in Ilesa to court rammed into the minibus injuring its driver and one other passenger.

The incident was said to have immediately sparked violent protest, as commercial motorcyclists and some angry youths blocked the popular Olaiya Junction in protest.

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An eyewitness said the correctional truck driver refused to obey a traffic light that had signalled him to stop and, in the process, hit a minibus, leaving the driver and one of the passengers injured.

The witness said, “The driver of the minibus sustained serious injuries on the face and ankle while his passenger, a woman going to her workplace also sustained serious injuries on her waist and eye.”

Police officers and men of the State Security Service (SSS) led by the Divisional Police Officer of Dugbe Division CSP Akinloye Oyegade were on hand and were able to avert any crisis.

As of the time of filing this report, calm has returned to the area.