A truck belonging to Dangote cement company was set ablaze by a mob, shortly after it crushed a commercial motorcyclist and a passenger to death along the Ilaro-Ibese Road in Ogun State.
In protest, the mob blocked the road and set the truck ablaze while the driver fled the scene, to avoid being lynched.
The incident made some travellers on the road stranded for hours, restricting vehicular movements.
According to an eyewitness, one of the corpses of the victims had been deposited at Ilaro General Hospital morgue, while the other victim had been buried by the family.
Sources say, “The Dangote truck driver left its lane to face a motorcyclist who had a passenger at his back, in the other lane and that was the cause of the accident that crushed them to death.
Men of the Nigerian Police and the civil defence corps were later drafted to the area to calm the situation.
