Dauda Usman, a commercial motorcyclist, otherwise known as Okada rider, has been arrested by a patrol team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Abeokuta, Ogun State for allegedly abducting a female passenger.
The development was conveyed to newsmen by the FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Florence Okpe.
According to Okpe, Usman, who owns a Bajaj bike with bike registration number PKA211WA RED BAJAJ was apprehended along the Abeokuta-Sagamu route on Sunday and his victim was rescued.
The incident, according to the FRSC image maker, occurred at about 3 pm, “when the FRSC team were informed by some commercial motorcycle riders of a woman being taken away by a suspected bike rider due to the alarm raised by the woman on bike.”
She said the patrol team quickly intervened and got the bike rider arrested.
On interrogation, the woman had told the FRSC patrol leader that the rider refused to stop after reaching their agreed destination within Immigration Centre, Abeokuta.
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The Okada rider was said to have proceeded to another destination, making the woman call for help and some bike riders stationed at Laderin Estate junction followed them immediately.
“The patrol team, with the help of other bike riders, were able to rescue the woman and handed them to the police Special Weapons and Tactics team SWAT,” she stated.
Meanwhile, a truck driver has died in a road accident along the Sagamu-Benin highway in Ogun State.
The crash, which occurred on Saturday around the Adelex axis in Ikenne Local Government Area, reportedly injured two women.
Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said a white Man Diesel truck marked AGL 830 XN and an unregistered red Mack truck were involved in the crash.
Akinbiyi explained that the crash, according to eyewitnesses, was caused by the driver of the Man diesel truck, who lost control due to overspeeding and rammed into the back of the Mack truck.
“The driver of the Man diesel truck lost his life in the process due to the impact of the collision,” he stated, adding that the two female passengers who sustained injuries were seated beside the driver.
The victims, he disclosed, were taken to Idera Hospital, Sagamu, where the corpse of the deceased was deposited in the morgue by men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC).