According to the eyewitness account, the children were returning from school when the driver ran into them just outside Ojodu grammar school and fled
He was pursued and caught around Ogba and was brought back to the station.
Upon his arrest, he was detained at the Ojodu Police Station, Lagos; where some angry mob tried to lynch the driver but were resisted by the police.
The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, confirmed the accident to Channels Television via a telephone interview.
He said the exact number of casualties is still sketchy, although it is believed that about 15 students died
from 1st news.
This is so sad. May God comfort the family of the bereaved ππΏ
ReplyDeleteπ«π«π«π₯ oh no. What a December!
DeleteIts so black Christmas for the families involved.
I can't begin to imagine the pain they've been plunged into.
Rest in peace little ones.π₯
Oluwa please take control,enough of all this death of young children.πππ
DeleteGod have mercy on your servants, how will their parents hear that a child that went to school healthy is no more Ya Allah give them the heart to bear this loss, rest in peace
ReplyDeleteMay God protect our children from seen and unseen evil
Ameen Kumna Ameen
DeleteTrucks should be bummed from plying the road in the day time. They have caused and still causing havoc. They should only be allowed to move at night. From 10pm to 6qm.
ReplyDeleteThis country self. All these sad news should stop please. We are TIRED
Will the sentiment and corruption stop that from happening?
DeleteTrucks
Trailers
Tankers
SHOULDN'T MOVE DURING THE DAY!
The death of those school children was really painful π£π£
ReplyDeleteThe government need to create a separate Lane for this trailer drivers, most of their trucks don't have functional brakes.
ReplyDeleteStella, I'm tired. I listened to the radio today and an eyewitness called on this issue and said bodies he saw were up to 20. Bodies littered everywhere. I'm tired, Stella. ππ
ReplyDelete2 dead( may GOD grant their families peace), and 12 injured.
DeleteSomeone can lay unconscious on the road and your first thought is "dead"
DeleteΓkΓΊnlαΊΉ̀ abiyamα» oo
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JΓ©sΓΉ olΓΉgbΓ lΓ . Haaa
God please be merciful to our children and households.This everyday sad news should stop.From Sylvester to the 8kids locked in the car to the girl butchered in ekiti then this.This is too much lordπ’
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DeleteThis is so sadππ
ReplyDeleteMay God be with their parents
OMG,this is so painful
ReplyDeleteMay God comfort the families of these innocent kids.
Too many accounts on this story. Some say that an officer was struggling with the driver in a bid to arrest him and he lost control
ReplyDeleteBad news is getting too much this December o jare.
ReplyDeleteMay God comfort their loved ones. Chai
May God guide and protect us from danger
Lord have mercy.. Rip to their souls.
ReplyDeleteThis is a terrible news. kai
ReplyDeleteHeavenly Father, please to the end of the year into the new, let all bad incidents/accidents cease. This is too much, God heal our land. We don’t want to hear of all these agonizing death news again. Holy Spirit give comfort to affected families & grant these young hearts peaceful eternal rest.
ReplyDeleteAmen
DeleteSee how happy children were returning from school and being their chatty selves had to perish because of useless drivers that cannot maintain their trucks. God Almighty comfort all the parents and receive the souls of these innocent children that had to die through carelessness.
ReplyDeleteDeath occurring everywhere. May God Almighty keep families from tragedies Amen.
This is just too much. Too much blood spills that the soil in Nigeria is crying. They have sucked blood tire
Where is the hashtag for these ones. Or we don’t think their deaths are unwarranted? Don’t we think they should get justice? Why would a truck be plying a school zone at dismissal?
ReplyDeleteThis is why Nigeria will never change. It is a social media country. 15 kids killed and it is meh π
8:21, an unknown started Sylvester's #. Instead of complaining, please start the #.
DeleteBtw, every child matters but the confirmed figure as at this morning is 2 dead, 12 injured.
So many mental drivers on parade
DeleteSo sad
Abi foreign epilepsy touch your hand? @8:21
DeleteThe person who started the hashtag for sylvester was a human being not a ghost.
You too can start it instead of twiddling your thumbs and waiting for everyone else to fo something while you gather your spittle to complain.
Even in that comment you could have put #justiceforojodustudents #bandaytimetrucks instead of blowing your nose upandan.
Bullies. Y’all are pure bullies.have a conversation without insulting.
Delete11:27 that's the new buzz words:
Delete'bully'.
Nigerians will so mis-utilise a word until it becomes useless and meaning less.
God forbid!!how many children,within the space of how many days?Heavenly Father,continue to hide us under your wings,no evil will befall us in Jesus name,Amenπ
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine the state the parents of those kids would be in nowππ,may God console themπ
ReplyDeleteLord, have mercy ππππ
ReplyDeleteOh God, please comfort the parents of these children. I am so tired of reading all these heartbreaking news of innocent children being killed because of the carelessness of some people.
ReplyDeleteSo sad oooo,When I read this story yesterday I was shaking, everything death going about killing children especially at this period shall be destroyed .
ReplyDeleteOur children are secured and safe by the blood of the lamb
Lord have mercy on us.RIP little ones.
ReplyDeleteRoad safety should stand up and do their duty na.How can you allow these cars without breaks to be causing havoc everywhere.Our car was hit by a driver yesterday in front of a road safety checkpoint,our driver came down to confront the offender.I was shocked when his passengers joined in begging our driver to forgive him that his car has no break.Seriously,his car had no break and you're sitting inside comfortably?
May God give fortitude to those left to mourn them
brakes*
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I think there is an existing law prohibiting trucks from plying the roads during the day.. Why can't laws be enforced in this country..
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Oh Stella! I saw a video of an injured school boy crying out in pains at the hospital as he was being treated. My heart broke when he was asked his name and he initially said he didn't know. He eventually struggled to say his name. Feel so sad for those kids and their parents. Kai. Too much sad news these days. It's heartbreaking.
ReplyDeletePlease everyone let us go spiritual on this...We need to pray for children and young people especially...This whirlwind of death is getting out of hand....Nigeria is eating its young...Immense prayers...May their souls rest in peace...
ReplyDeleteLollll. Everything prayer.
DeleteThe prayer you lot have been praying since beginning of year was for what again?
Did they tell you the parents of those children did not pray that morning?
Basic things that ordinary policies & laws should be created and upheld, una go entire church casting and binding yourself into a frenzy when ordinary common sense should prevail.
Ban trucks during the day, ensure trucks and their drivers are held to all road worthiness limits.
Simple.
What is the rocket science there?
Everything church church church, pothole, 'ehn let us pray.'
Building collapse,'ehn let us fast.' 'Thunderstorm, ehn ' iz a weend of eful' In 2021 why are Nigerians still behaving like the Flintstones? LOLL.
What then are your useless, greedy, lazy leaders and basic common sense for?
That is why they said when you go abroad, churches are empty.
90 percent of what drives you lot to church dancing like field goats, are what their leaders have successfully tackled.
Please don't mind me.
Continue to pray.
Thank God I escaped.
11:17 ππΌπ
Delete11:17, u escaped, yet ur nose is still inside Naija mata? Abeg, face ur front where their churches are empty, if that's ur thing. Our prayers are doing just fine; even if it's the inner peace, alone. Yes, Naija needs to walk her talk but leave prayer out of the argument. Being sincere with the teachings of one's religion is totally different to merely subscribing to one. The problem here is the lack of sincerity in matters of faith; it's not the faith or religion, in themselves. Thank u.
DeleteAccording to eye witness reports, Lastma officials were pursuing the driver,because according to them his papers were not complete but people around said the truck was carrying bags of rice,he was trying to escape when the accident happened but he didn't stop,he was later apprehended at excellence hotel and the truck set ablaze,he was almost lynched but police released tear gas which scattered the mob and he was taken to the station
ReplyDeleteThey all need to be held accountable. Officers that are so poorly trained.
DeleteSome of these Truck drivers operate under the influence of cheap drugs and other toxic substances.Probably this driver was high on NKPRU MNRI.
ReplyDeleteMay GOD console and comfort the bereaved families.It is quite sad!
Some of these Truck drivers operate under the influence of cheap drugs and other toxic substances.Probably this driver was high on NKPRU MNRI.
ReplyDeleteMay GOD console and comfort the bereaved families.It is quite sad!
#ThatOgojaDude
What’s NKPRU MNRI?
DeleteHave mercy o lord ! Dear God continue to shield us from the darts of the enemy. Amen
ReplyDeleteA thunderous AMEN.GOD will spread his wings and cover you.
Delete#ThatOgojaDude
A thunderous AMEN.GOD will spread his wings and cover you.
Delete#ThatOgojaDude
Ehn?!!π³π³
ReplyDeleteGOD have mercy ooo,may bad news not reach us this December
What a sad event
ReplyDeleteVery sad. May God console the families. Government need to do something about this truck drivers, some of them drive rough with bad tyres
ReplyDeleteMay God comfort their families.
ReplyDeleteRest on little angels
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ReplyDeleteI think these people are trying to cover up the actual truth. If the truck driver truly had a brake failure, how come the truck did not stop after he hit the children? How come the truck stopped around a traffic light where he was eventually caught as he was trying to abscond? God have mercy on us in this country. So many avoidable deaths going on. May God protect us all.
ReplyDeleteThe drug doesn't have any brake failure... I witnessed the ambush on the driver. He was going towards Ikeja when some busses and bikes blocked the road and descended on him. In no time the truck was set ablazed while commuters and others bounced on the driver... I just entered bike and left not knowing he was escaping after crushing students... Some sources are saying 17kids died on the spot and one woman has 3 children amongst them. I am just tired of Lastma wahala. Why will they be chasing a vehicle?
DeleteThis is so Sad. Lord Jesus our Children are committed into your hands. I speak and decree safety over our lives enough of these senseless deaths. Comfort families that are bereaved. It is well
ReplyDeleteSo sad. God please shield our children. Enough of these tragedies Lord.
ReplyDeleteMay God comfort all the families who lost their children. Ha this is terrible.
All i've been reading in this month of December is the tragic death of children, what is going on? Why can't someone wake up to a good news in this country? Sixteen children coming back from school crushed to an untimely death? God please nau, this is too much, help us bikozienu. Strength and understanding to their familiesππ
ReplyDeleteRIP little angelsπ₯π₯
So sad! So many young life's claimed. God please comfort their families.
ReplyDeleteThis is so hard! May God have mercy on our land,too many bad news this week,Lord please comfort the families involved
ReplyDeleteTruth is that our roads are terrible, most drivers are horrible,the road officials and agberos are worst. Trailers ,trucks and tankers should operate only at night with lanes mapped for them on roads. We are more religious than Christians. When we pray for chairs and tables, GOD gave us trees, it's in us to use the trees and make furniture, GOD can't make furniture for us,HE provides the means for us. May GOD comfort the families involved.
ReplyDeleteThis is a horror story. This is why I don't take chances with heavy equipment vehicle. I do not even take my nieces to the park on garbage days because garbage trucks are notorious for mowing down people. My heart goes out to the mourning families. What is this life, in a split moment it can turn upside down. May God hold up these parents and loved ones. I hope they can also get some counselling eventually. This is too much.
ReplyDeleteSo this truck especially if it is a heavy duty truck was not getting any maintenance that it would have a brake failure of all things. So if the truck is burned by angry residents how will we know the owner and who to hold accountable? Leaving evidence is important we can't burn down everything in anger, we need criminal and civil justice when things like these happen.
The one I heard yesterday was that an officer(Lasma), I hope I got that correctly though. Was struggling with the driver and that led him to lose control of the stirring. May the good rest their souls and comfort their families.
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