A professor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, professor, Oladipo Ademuyiwa, was killed by a hit-and-run driver on the newly repaired Kemta-Somorin Road on Sunday, 16th February 2025.
Ademuyiwa was a professor of biochemical toxicology in FUNAAB and is in his early sixties.
According to the report, he had just alighted from a cab and wanted to cross the road when he was hit by a speeding vehicle whose driver fled immediately he was hit, leaving him dead.
However, giving a statement on Tuesday, the chairman of the Ajebo Road Housing Estate Community Development Association, Dr. Ayo Ajasa, blamed Ogun state Government.
Ajasa who described the incident as preventable said it wouldn’t have happened if the Government did not ignore numerous calls to install speed bumps on the road.
He also called on the Government to intervene immediately to avoid a repetition of the incident.
“It is disheartening that despite our numerous appeals to the Ogun State Government and relevant agencies, no effort has been made to install speed breakers and other necessary safety measures. The government did not hesitate to install speed bumps on the Ilugun end of the road but has continually ignored our pleas to safeguard lives in Ajebo Road Housing Estate.
“It is unacceptable that a community of law-abiding citizens must endure repeated accidents, near-fatal encounters, and now the death of an esteemed professor, simply due to government inaction.
“Another accident occurred within 24 hours of this tragic incident, proving that this road remains a death trap,” he said.
Furthermore, Ajasa urged for the enforcement of a stricter law to stop over speeding.
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