*Gov. Makinde with families, subjects
By Temitope Mosadomi/Iyabo Adebisi
Residents of Oriire Local Government in Oyo State have been thrown into mourning over the death of three monarchs from the area on Friday night.
The trio died in an auto crash involving a Benz E230 with registration number Olodogbo and a commercial Scania Truck with registration number 301 XF at Aje Iye in Oriire Local Government Area.
Two of the affected monarchs died on the spot while the third one died a few hours later at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, LAUTECH.
Reports said that six passengers were involved in the crash, but the three survivors were undergoing treatment at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital.
They were going to a social function in a nearby community when the accident occurred.
The affected monarchs were Olodogbo of Odogbo, Onibowula of Bowula and Alayetoro of Ayetoro in Oriire Local Government Area.
Confirming the road mishaps, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Joshua Adekanye, said it was a head-on collision that involved a private and commercial vehicle along the Ogbomoso-Oyo expressway.
He said the survivors were undergoing treatment at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital while the corpses of the victims had been deposited at the morgue of the same hospital.
In another development, Mr Adekanye said nine out of 13 passengers suffered various degrees of burns when a DAF brand of Truck caught fire along the Ogbomoso-Oyo expressway on the same day.
He added that no life was lost but the injured ones are receiving treatment in the hospital.
Meanwhile, Oyo State Governor Engineer Seyi Makinde has expressed grief over the death of Olodogbo of Odogbo, Onibowula of Bowula and Alayetoro of Ayetoro.
Governor Makinde, who described the news of the royal fathers’ demise as shocking, expressed condolences to their immediate families, the people of Oriire Local Government and Ogbomosoland as well as the Council of Obas and Chiefs in the state.
He prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased, while also praying that God would grant their immediate families, their subjects and the state as a whole the fortitude to bear the loss.
The governor said: “It is a very sad and saddening development. We can only pray that the Almighty God will grant repose to their souls and grant their families, their subjects and the whole state the fortitude to bear the loss.”
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