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Tragedy as Dangote truck carrying ‘campaign rice’ kills over 20 in Ekiti

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Femi Ajasa
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Tragedy struck late Saturday night in Ekiti State, as a trailer said to be fully loaded with bags of rice belonging to an Ekiti politician, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, crashed at Iworoko Ekiti.

The truck belonged to the Dangote Group and was transiting from Ado Ekiti to Iju/Ita Ogbolu in Ondo State to deliver the rice.

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The trailer said to have developed brake failure, crashed into Iworoko market, allegedly killing over 20 people.

It was learnt that the trailer caused multiple accidents on Iworoko road, as it also affected an 18-seater Toyota bus and a Toyota Corolla car, thereby causing heavy traffic.

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An unconfirmed eyewitness account said 40 people including every member of a family and 10 children were said to have died in the accident.

Speaking with newsmen, Caleb Ikechukwu, spokeperson of the Ekiti State Police Command, confirmed the accident and deaths.

“The accident actually happened at Iworoko road in Ado Ekiti just this evening and I heard that there were causalities, but I cannot give figures. I am yet to get proper briefing about it. I learnt that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of that area is now on his way to the scene. So, I cannot give you the details, until he is back to brief us,” he said.

It was gathered that the corpses of those who lost their lives in the fatal accident have been deposited at the hospital’s morgue.

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