{"id":1835,"date":"2023-09-11T15:10:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2023-09-11T15:10:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T15:10:52","slug":"tragic-truck-accident-sparks-violent-protest-at-fut-minna-as-student-okada-rider-lose-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/09\/11\/tragic-truck-accident-sparks-violent-protest-at-fut-minna-as-student-okada-rider-lose-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Truck Accident Sparks Violent Protest at FUT Minna as Student, Okada Rider Lose Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adeyemi Abdulkareem<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna’s Gidan-Kwano main campus, is grappling with the aftermath of a devastating truck accident that claimed the lives of one of their fellow students and a commercial motorcyclist (‘okada’ rider) along the bustling Minna-Bida road.<\/p>\n

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Outrage and sorrow have gripped the student body, as university authorities remain silent following the incident.<\/p>\n

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Outrage and sorrow have gripped the student body as university authorities remain silent following the incident involving a truck locally known as ‘Tipa.’ The grieving students demand justice and accountability, urging the university to take swift action against the truck’s driver and owner.<\/p>\n

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An eyewitness account revealed that the tragedy unfolded when a sand-laden truck collided with a student, believed to be in the 200 Level, while the student was being transported across the road by the okada rider early one Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

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The entire university community is in disarray, with the deceased student having recently lost his mother and just completed his first-semester examinations before this tragic incident.<\/p>\n

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The source attributed the accident to the reckless driving of the truck, suggesting that it appeared the driver had lost control, resulting in the fatal collision with the okada rider and immediate death of the student.<\/p>\n

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Despite road safety signs designed to control speed, some drivers continue to disregard them. In this instance, the driver veered off the main road onto footpaths, leading to the untimely demise of the student and okada rider.<\/p>\n

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This horrific accident and loss of lives could potentially have been prevented if FUT Minna’s management or the state government had prioritized student safety by installing speed control measures and additional road safety signs along this busy highway.<\/p>\n

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An impassioned eyewitness plea seeks the intervention of Governor Umar Bago’s government to erect speed control devices near the Gidan-Kwano campus. This intervention is seen as not only a means to prevent further loss of life but also to avert potential conflicts between students and drivers on this route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Adeyemi Abdulkareem   The Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna’s Gidan-Kwano main campus, is grappling with the aftermath of a devastating truck accident that claimed the lives of one of their fellow students and a commercial motorcyclist (‘okada’ rider) along the bustling Minna-Bida road.   Outrage and sorrow have gripped the student body, as university […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1837,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/1837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}