11 CRUSHED TO DEATH IN OKENE

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11 CRUSHED TO DEATH IN OKENE

BY ABDULMUMINI ADEKU

23rd of October,2017 is a day residents of Okene ,The Commercial nerve centre of Kogi state will readily remember for a very long time to come.

11  people were sent to the great beyond by a trailer said to have being on its way to the cattle market at Zangon area of the town just on the outskirts of Okene Township.

Indeed, for years on end the hilly environment around the cattle market has always being a source of concern to all  the motorists and even pedestrians using the road with several lives already lost to the topography.

In a distress call to The News office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia Group in Lagos,Nigeria ,a Judge of the state High Court and a direct elder sibling to the founder of this medium ,Judge AbdulGani Itopa Adeku of the state High Court said his escape was just a case of divine intervention as he was caught off guard and in the middle of the entire but rather unfortunate incident.

He explained that he had gone to fuel his  car on his way home after a hard day at work and while trying to leave the station ,he saw a trailer leave his own  tracks and headed for his direction after the latter obviously had lost track of its brakes due to an apparent mechanical failure.

He pointed out that the picture of the ghastly accident that claimed 11 lives on the spot was already creating a buzz on messaging app:Whatsapp as at press time.

He told this reporter repeatedly that he was out of harm's way and was at home catching his breath with his wife and children after what appeared a close shave with death.

He  added that his car which he was driving at the time of the incident was severely mangled in the crash beyond possible repairs save for a miracle,

The phone conversation between The News office Desk of Paedia Express Multimedia Group in Lagos, Nigeria and Okene,kogi state of Nigeria,lasted for only two minutes ,29 seconds suggesting that peace was returning to the Adeku household as at press time.