The Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj
Adekunbi, has finally responded to allegations that he ignored accident victims
and drove off aong Sium-Owode area a couple of days ago.
He claimed that he was not in any vehicle in his convoy when
it drove past an accident scene without offering assistance.
Three people were killed on Saturday at Onipepeye Village
along Siun-Owode road, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, in the accident that
involved two commercial vehicles. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr. Adekunbi’s
convoy passed the scene of the accident, while rescue efforts were on residents
of the area, without offering any help. The Speaker was also sighted in one of
the vehicles in the convoy by their correspondent and other observers at the
scene.
The lawmaker, however, claimed he was not in any of the
vehicles.
‘I am a Rotarian and I know the importance of rendering
assistance,” he said on Sunday. “I was not in the convoy when the accident
occurred. My convoy drove past the area, and I was not in the convoy, but in
another vehicle with some of my colleagues in the assembly.”
Mr. Adekunbi, however, admitted driving by the scene of the
accident.
“As at the time I passed through the scene with my colleagues
which include Honourable Tola Banjo, the Deputy Speaker, and Honourable
Olayiwola Ojodu, we did not observe any accident. I was in Lagos when I heard
of the accident,” he said, while explaining that he did not answer calls to his
phone on Saturday because he did not know the identity of the caller.
The speaker said he sympathised with the victims of the
accident and prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed
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