New details have emerged on the
recent fire incident that completely destroyed Governor Fayose's G-Wagon on the
Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos state.
Traffic officials have claimed
that the driver to Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, took out cash from the
Mercedes Benz G-Class that was razed to ashes on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway on
Tuesday.
Fayose escaped death after his
official car caught fire and according to Punch, the Governor
escaped into another car which was in his convoy.
The Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency
(LASEMA) later responded to the incident.
A traffic official and witness
said the driver of the G-Class, who waited behind until the fire was put off,
later went in to pack some burnt N500 notes and other items in the car.
“The accident happened around
1.30pm on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway inward Airport Road. It happened on the
Oshodi bridge, not too far from the LASTMA’s headquarters.
“We cannot tell the exact cause
of the fire. We gathered from those at the scene that the governor was in the
G-Class when the accident happened and he quickly escaped into another car in
his convoy.
“On getting to the scene, we saw
the driver who tried to cover his face with a Fez cap. He watched helplessly as
the fire raged on. We alerted the state fire service and LASEMA. The LASEMA
response unit had to take one way to access the accident scene because the road
was blocked because of the inferno.
“On arrival, they were able to
douse the fire. The vehicle was seriously burnt. The driver did not talk to
anybody. We saw as he started packing some of the burnt cash in the car. They
were N500 notes. He packed the money with some other items into a polythene
bag. This was in the presence of traffic officials and the police. We later
cleared the traffic as the carcass of the car was towed away by LASEMA,” he
said.
Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose's
spokesperson who confirmed the incident said the SUV caught fire on the motion
but the governor was not in the vehicle, New Telegraph reports.
“No casualty recorded. Cause of
the fire not ascertained yet,” he said. Going further, he said:
“There was an accident involving
the governor’s vehicle on his way to the airport yesterday. Though he was meant
to be in the vehicle, by providence, he was not there.
“What caused the sudden fire
under the vehicle is yet to be ascertained,” he added.
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