Gbajabiamila mourns death of Lagosians, calls for restriction of container trucks

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has described as unfortunate and sad, the killing of persons by a container truck in the Ojuelegba area of Surulere, Lagos on Sunday.

Recall that the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority had put the munber of the victims at nine.

In a statement by Lanre Lasisi, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Gbajabiamila said he received the news of the falling of the 20-feet container on a commercial minibus, popularly known as Korope, with indignation, and was pained that innocent people lost their lives in such a manner.

The Speaker called for immediate action and an investigation into the incident.

“This is not the first time such incident is happening in Lagos. I, therefore, call for immediate temporary installation of barriers as the case on Oba Akran – computer village, Ikeja to prevent trailers from using the bridge and compelled to use the under bridge alternatively to avert future occurrences. It is unacceptable for people to die in such a way at same spot multiple times,” Gbajabiamila said.

The Speaker said such an unfortunate incident was one of the reasons why he sponsored the Federal Highway (Amendment) Bill which amongst other things provided for latching of containers and access to container trucks on overhead bridges at only restricted hours, and stiffer penalties for those that kill innocent Nigerians on the road.

Gbajabiamila sent his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims, the people of his constituency, Surulere, and the Lagos State Government.