{"id":77259,"date":"2025-10-23T13:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77259"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:11:26","slug":"dangote-group-denies-link-to-fatal-akungba-akoko-truck-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/23\/dangote-group-denies-link-to-fatal-akungba-akoko-truck-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote Group Denies Link to Fatal Akungba-Akoko Truck Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onilede Titi Faith<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dangote Group has denied ownership of the truck involved in the fatal accident that claimed eight lives in Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday via its official X handle, the company clarified that the truck with plate number JJJ 365 XB \u201cdoes not belong to Dangote Group or any of its subsidiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), had earlier confirmed that the crash occurred when a truck rammed into a commercial bus, killing at least eight people.<\/p>\n<p>Dangote Group explained that checks showed the vehicle was owned by an independent logistics firm and was transporting crushed stones in reused sacks, not Dangote products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll authentic Dangote trucks are easily identifiable by distinct company markings and fleet numbers,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>While sympathizing with the victims\u2019 families, the company urged the public to verify claims before linking such incidents to it, reaffirming its commitment to road safety and responsible operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onilede Titi Faith The Dangote Group has denied ownership of the truck involved in the fatal accident that claimed eight lives in Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. In a statement on Thursday via its official X handle, the company clarified that the truck with plate number JJJ 365 XB \u201cdoes not belong to Dangote Group or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":77260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77259","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\/77259","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77261,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77259\/revisions\/77261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}