Na wah o! As e be say Anthony Joshua survive accident, we dey hear say two of him paddy guys no gree wake up again. Na Kevin Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami wey dem carry go grave. Dem both 36 years, and wetin happen no be just accident, na serious matter wey show how Nigeria road safety don dey jejely waka for gutter!
This crash happen wey dem jam one slow truck for Sagamu highway. E show say our road safety system dey rotten! Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) don talk say na ‘excessive speed and wrongful overtaking’ cause am. But abeg, wetin happen to the truck wey dey park for road like say na front of supermarket? E don sit down there for days, and nobody notice am? E no dey add up!
Body wey carry pass dis report sabi say FRSC no fit enforce anything! Wetin happen to patrol wey suppose dey check road every time? Why dem no clear hazards? Na wetin dem dey do? Even as dem dey write press release, dem dey forget wetin dem suppose do for road!
The truck parks wey Ogun State government build don turn ghost town! Dem build am to save lives, but wetin happen? People still dey use highway park like say na picnic ground. You fit imagine say in 2015, dem don start to dey remove abandoned vehicles for that same park wey suppose dey clear road? Na wah o! Money wey taxpayers don waste, and people still dey die because government no fit manage wetin dem build!
Na so di numbers dey shock: over 3,000 people don die for road crashes within just six months for 2025. Na wetin? 7000 crashes don happen, and almost 4000 lives don waka go join ancestors just because of negligence! Every year, people dey die for road and we dey see them as statistics, like say na movie. These people get families, dreams, and now na ‘rest’ dem dey find because nobody fit do wetin dem suppose do.
We dey hear all dis stories round, but any serious wahala instead of to take action? Senator Natasha talk am well: ‘Rules without enforcement na empty talk.’ E good like dat, but wetin we fit do for the enforcement matter? Who go hold the FRSC responsible for when dem no act? We dey need emergency response systems wey dey work like magic, otherwise, na only prayers we go dey send to heaven!
The way dey hail Anthony Joshua shows say celebrity lives matter, but what of the ordinary Joe wey dey die for that same road? Every day, people just dey disappear like say na ghost matter. We no fit continue like this; na urgent change we need now! Na time to make sure say dis FRSC start to do ‘surgical operation’ on how dem dey run things—you no fit just dey do office job while lives dey waste for road!
Going forward, dem suppose dey clear any truck wey don dey under the sun for long. Ogun State government need to enforce any heavy-duty vehicle to park where dem supposed park sharp sharp! Dem need to make sure say penalties dey for those wey dey ignore the rules. Na so we go fit ensure say lives dey safe!
We no fit dey talk am twice; make all dis changes happen now! If we really care, then na the time wey we go take show am with action! Make we turn olokun hot and let dem know say our lives matter!
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