In order to stop the flouting of traffic laws and wanton destruction of lives on the roads in Ogun State, the governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said his administration will expedite action on justice.

He said this on Wednesday when he visited the scene of last Friday’s accident along Sagamu-Benin highway where eight students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, died in auto crash.

A truck with a container that drove against traffic rammed into a Mazda commercial bus, conveying the students and some other passengers.

Twelve passengers were killed instantly, including the OOU students.

He said lawlessness on the highway by motorists, especially drivers of articulated vehicles, was more pronounced in Ogun because the expressways predominantly lay within its corridors.

Amosun noted that his administration would look into Federal Highway Code and work on making it more potent to criminalise traffic offences in the state.

The governor, who also visited the only survivor, Ibukun Akinbo, at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan, was accompanied by his Deputy, Mrs. Yetunde Onanuga, Head of Service, Mrs. Modupe Adekunle, among others, also noted that he would ensure those laws were enforced.

He said the government would continue to empower traffic and security agents for optimal performance.

He said, “The lawlessness on the highway which has pervaded our nation is more pronounced in this state because the expressways predominantly lie within our corridor. We feel this lawlessness every day.

“A sane mind does not need to be told to desist from driving against traffic.

“We need the capacity to address this menace. We will look into the Federal Highway Code and domesticate it. We will even make it more potent and endeavour to criminalise traffic offence.

“Besides, our problem is not the law but its enforcement. This is the reason we will not relent in supporting our traffic and security agencies for better performance.”

While commiserating with the families of the deceased and the university community, Amosun advised OOU students to avoid taking laws into their hands, assuring that, the government was making effort to apprehend the fleeing driver of the truck.

 

Source: Punchng.com

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