The community leader,
Victoria Adeoye, 63,
was killed when a
tipper-trailer ploughed into bystanders
as it tried to avoid a head-on collision
with Mrs. Ahmed's convoy, which was
driving on the wrong side of the road.
Unconcerned, Mrs. Ahmed and her
convoy of about seven cars abandoned
the accident victims and sped on
towards Abeokuta. The Kwara First Lady
was on her way from visiting popular
Fuji musician, Kollington Ayinla, who
was receiving treatment at Hamkad
Hospital for an undisclosed ailment.
Eyewitnesses say the accident occurred
when the fourth vehicle in the convoy
was exiting the small road leading to the
hospital. Mrs. Adeoye and a roadside ice
cream seller were killed.
In order to cover up the cause of the
accident, authorities at Hamkad Hospital
gagged their workers from disclosing
their VIP guest, and swiftly moved Alhaji
Ayinla to another hospital.
Mrs. Adeola's son, Olusegun Adeoye, an
Abuja-based medical doctor, told
SaharaReporters that Hamkad has
refused to disclose the killers of his
mother.
SaharaReporters however learnt from
people in the area that although the plate
numbers of the vehicles were covered,
policemen in Mrs. Ahmed's convoy had
freely chatted with people in the area and
disclosed they were from Kwara State.
SaharaReporters approached Dr. Femi
Akorede, a spokesperson to the Kwara
State governor, who admitted that the
convoy at the hospital was that of the
Kwara State First lady. However, he
vehemently denied that the convoy
caused the tragic accident, claiming
instead that the brakes of the tipper-
trailer failed and endangered the First
Lady's convoy.
It is unclear how he obtained those
details since he was not on Mrs.
Ahmed's detail.
Asked why the First Lady's convoy did
not at least stop to assist the victims of
the accident they witnessed even on
compassionate grounds, he said she
was only made aware of it after she
returned to Ilorin, the state capital.
Eyewitnesses however, contradicted
Akorede's account, insisting that the
accident happened as the convoy
harassed motorists on the highway,
causing the trailer to careen off the
highway and then slam into several
people, including Mrs. Adeoye who was
at the bus stop on her way to Oshodi.
The Lagos State police also tried to cover
up the cause of the accident by trying to
use force to move the vehicles, until a
mob prevented them from doing so.
The accident occurred within 24 hours
after another a similarly reckless convoy
of the Kogi State Governor killed
Professor Festus Iyayi, a former
Academic Staff Union of University
(ASUU) President, on his way to an
ASUU conference in Kano on November
12.
Victoria Adeoye, 63,
was killed when a
tipper-trailer ploughed into bystanders
as it tried to avoid a head-on collision
with Mrs. Ahmed's convoy, which was
driving on the wrong side of the road.
Unconcerned, Mrs. Ahmed and her
convoy of about seven cars abandoned
the accident victims and sped on
towards Abeokuta. The Kwara First Lady
was on her way from visiting popular
Fuji musician, Kollington Ayinla, who
was receiving treatment at Hamkad
Hospital for an undisclosed ailment.
Eyewitnesses say the accident occurred
when the fourth vehicle in the convoy
was exiting the small road leading to the
hospital. Mrs. Adeoye and a roadside ice
cream seller were killed.
In order to cover up the cause of the
accident, authorities at Hamkad Hospital
gagged their workers from disclosing
their VIP guest, and swiftly moved Alhaji
Ayinla to another hospital.
Mrs. Adeola's son, Olusegun Adeoye, an
Abuja-based medical doctor, told
SaharaReporters that Hamkad has
refused to disclose the killers of his
mother.
SaharaReporters however learnt from
people in the area that although the plate
numbers of the vehicles were covered,
policemen in Mrs. Ahmed's convoy had
freely chatted with people in the area and
disclosed they were from Kwara State.
SaharaReporters approached Dr. Femi
Akorede, a spokesperson to the Kwara
State governor, who admitted that the
convoy at the hospital was that of the
Kwara State First lady. However, he
vehemently denied that the convoy
caused the tragic accident, claiming
instead that the brakes of the tipper-
trailer failed and endangered the First
Lady's convoy.
It is unclear how he obtained those
details since he was not on Mrs.
Ahmed's detail.
Asked why the First Lady's convoy did
not at least stop to assist the victims of
the accident they witnessed even on
compassionate grounds, he said she
was only made aware of it after she
returned to Ilorin, the state capital.
Eyewitnesses however, contradicted
Akorede's account, insisting that the
accident happened as the convoy
harassed motorists on the highway,
causing the trailer to careen off the
highway and then slam into several
people, including Mrs. Adeoye who was
at the bus stop on her way to Oshodi.
The Lagos State police also tried to cover
up the cause of the accident by trying to
use force to move the vehicles, until a
mob prevented them from doing so.
The accident occurred within 24 hours
after another a similarly reckless convoy
of the Kogi State Governor killed
Professor Festus Iyayi, a former
Academic Staff Union of University
(ASUU) President, on his way to an
ASUU conference in Kano on November
12.
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