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Mother, Son Escape Death As Car Overturns In Lagos
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has confirmed that a mother and her son narrowly escaped death after a Lexus sport utility vehicle overturned multiple times at the NYSC Bus Stop along the LASU–Isheri Expressway in Lagos.
In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, the agency described the early morning crash as a lone but serious traffic mishap.
According to the statement, the Lexus Jeep with registration number KJA 39 JT, travelling from Isheri inward Igando, suddenly lost stability and “overturned thrice before finally coming to rest” amid heavy peak-hour traffic along the busy corridor.
LASTMA said its operatives deployed within the axis responded swiftly to the emergency.
The agency noted that officers “rapidly mobilised to the location and executed a coordinated rescue intervention,” successfully extricating the occupants from the severely damaged vehicle.
The mother and her son were rescued with “visible bruises and mild physiological trauma,” narrowly avoiding what the agency described as a potentially fatal catastrophe.
Security personnel of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Igando Division reportedly reinforced the rescue operation, maintaining crowd control and securing the scene throughout the evacuation process.
The statement added that family members of the victims arrived shortly after being notified and conveyed them for further medical evaluation and treatment.
To prevent secondary accidents and ease traffic congestion along the Lagos State University corridor, LASTMA said its officers coordinated the evacuation of the wrecked vehicle with support from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency.
The vehicle was subsequently handed over to the police for investigation and necessary administrative procedures.
The General Manager of LASTMA, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, expressed relief that no lives were lost in the incident. He extended his wishes for the quick recovery of the mother and her son and reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to rapid emergency response and proactive traffic management.
Bakare-Oki also cautioned motorists to adhere strictly to prescribed speed limits and to conduct routine mechanical checks before embarking on journeys.
He warned that excessive speed, particularly when combined with mechanical faults such as defective braking systems, “constitutes a dangerous precursor to severe roadway tragedies on major expressways.”
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Tijani, has ordered a statewide clampdown on vehicles plying Lagos roads without number plates or with concealed registration marks, warning that offenders would be arrested and their vehicles impounded with immediate effect.
The directive, according to Fatai, formed part of measures to strengthen security architecture and prevent criminal elements from infiltrating the state through unregistered vehicles.
The CP gave the order during a strategic meeting with Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, DPOs, and Commanders of Tactical Units at the Officers’ Mess, Ikeja, yesterday.
He briefed the officers on resolutions from a recent conference with the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, and outlined new security measures to tighten security across Lagos.
According to Tijani, “The Inspector-General of Police emphasised the need to ensure that all vehicles plying the roads in the country have their plate numbers on them. On no occasion should anybody put a vehicle on the road without a plate number or with a covered plate number. If anybody is found driving such a vehicle, that vehicle will have to be impounded.
He observed that “Most of the vehicles being used by these criminals are either not registered at all or have their plate numbers covered. Apart from those genuinely permitted by law to cover their plate numbers, there are no other exceptions”.
CP Tijani also directed all DPOs to intensify community policing and intelligence gathering at the grassroots, stressing that effective security requires active collaboration between the police and residents.
He further disclosed that the command would sustain joint patrols and intelligence-sharing with other security agencies, particularly in border communities and along waterways, to forestall the movement of criminal elements into Lagos.
Assuring residents of the command’s readiness to tackle emerging threats, Tijani said , “ Lagos Police Command had maintained a strong intelligence network and would continue working closely with transport unions, community leaders and other stakeholders to keep the state safe. Our goal is to ensure that Lagos remains secure and that criminal elements find no space to operate.
Suspected gunmen have abducted a cleric with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), identified as Pastor Gbenga Sanny, in Ondo State.
It was gathered that Sanny was seized by three gunmen on Sunday evening in the presence of his children.
Sources who confirmed the abduction to The Nation on Monday said the incident occurred at about 7.00 p.m in front of his residence located at Ilu-Abo community in Akure North Local Government.
Sanny, who is also a staff of the Akure North Local Government Area of the state, was taken to an unknown destination by the attackers.
His wife reportedly escaped the attack.
“The three armed men reportedly came out of the nearby bush and whisked him away,” one of the sources revealed.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the police command, Jimoh Abayomi said investigation has been launched into the abduction case.
He stated that officers and tactical teams of the command have already been mobilised to the area and working to secure the safe rescue of the victim and apprehend those responsible for the crime.
A man was carried away by floodwaters at Christian Village in the Greater Accra Region on June 7, 2026, during a heavy downpour.
The victim, a father of four, reportedly slipped into a gutter while helping colleagues desilt it, and despite rescue efforts, the strong current swept him away.
Recounting the incident in a video shared by Ask Media on social media on June 8, 2026, eyewitnesses said the incident occurred while the victim and three others were clearing a heavily clogged drainage system to improve water flow during the rains.
The area is known to flood whenever there is heavy rainfall, prompting residents to regularly engage in desilting exercises.
One eyewitness said the victim lost his footing during the exercise and fell.
“He slipped and fell into the river while we were removing debris. I tried to hold him by his collar, but I couldn’t keep hold of him. The current was too strong,” the eye witness recounted.
Despite immediate attempts to rescue him, he was swept away by the raging floodwaters and has since gone missing.
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