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Trouble As Pregnant Mother, Two Children Are Killed In Ago

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Chaos erupted in the Ago Palace Way of Okota in Lagos state after four passengers reportedly died, including a pregnant woman and her two children in an accident involving a commercial tricycle.

The tricycle operator was also killed in the accident which occurred on Tuesday morning.

According to the Sun, the tricycle operator was being chased by a LASTMA personnel over his inability to part with N200, when he lost control and ran into the woman who was taking her children to school.

It was learnt that the residents of the area who were angry over the incident, descended on the LASTMA official, whose whereabouts is unknown.

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Angry residents also erected bonfires, disrupting vehicular movement within the area.

Videos from the scenes below;

 

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Niger State Boat Mishap Victims Buried Amid Tears

Naija News understands that the latest boat incident in Niger State is happening barely a month after victims of the passenger boat mishap that happened in Gbajibo, a community in the Mokwa Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, were buried amid tears.

It was reported earlier that twenty-four people were confirmed dead in a boat mishap on Sunday morning in Gbajibo.

It was gathered that an uncertain number of people were still missing in the tragic incident involving local farmers.

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According to Daily Trust, the victims were from Gbajibo, Ekwa and Yankeiade, all in Mokwa LGA.

The mishap was said to have occurred at about 8 a.m. on Sunday, 10 September.

Chukwuani Victoria is an entertainment and lifestyle journalist who's passionate about storytelling with years of experience in the industry. She holds a BSC in Biology and also obtained a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos. She likes to read, research, hang out with her friends and play scrabbles.