Commuters
trekked long distances to board buses to their respective destinations. As at
8.30p.m., the burnt tanker was still sighted at the scene.
There was
pandemonium, yesterday, as angry Okada riders set tanker ablaze over killing of
two in Lagos state.
Protesting
commercial motorcyclists, okada, set a tanker ablaze for killing their
colleague at Abule-Ado, along Mile 2-Badagry Expressway, Lagos.
Eyewitnesses
said the tanker, which was coming inward Mile 2, drove against traffic in a bid
to beat the traffic gridlock. Unfortunately, it rammed into the motorcyclist,
killing the rider and a male passenger. The tanker driver bolted, thereafter.
An eyewitness,
Fatai Olowoejo, said;
“The driver
escaped when he sighted okada riders coming towards the tanker. They (riders)
shattered the windscreen and set the tanker on fire.
“A man that
was mistaken for the driver would have been lynched if people that know him did
not come to his rescue.”
Motorists
avoided the route to avoid being caught up in the flames, as the incident
worsened the traffic situation along the axis, with the queue backing up to
Mile 2.
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