Lagosians have reacted angrily to news of another containing falling off from the Ojuelegba bridge and killing commuters down below, a year after a similar incident occurred and led to multiple deaths.
In the latest incident which occurred around 9pm on Tuesday, a suspected unfastened container fell off from a truck conveying it and landed on a ‘danfo’ bus and some private cars.
The number of casualties remains unknown.
See reactions below:
https://twitter.com/Miss_terisha/status/1009160118985019393
All they wanted to do was get home to their families after a hard day’s work but now they’re dead- crushed and mangled in several pieces. Sigh. #Ojuelegba
— Dr Ifeanyi Okafor Jr. (@IfeanyiOkaforJr) June 19, 2018
I remember always looking up whenever I’m close to that Ojuelegba bridge. I had once missed being crushed by a falling container once. I still live with that fear. Thank I don’t live around there anymore.
— LAJANNELUXE GIRL🧚🏿♀️ (@katelexiidami) June 19, 2018
A truck has fallen off Ojuelegba Bridge, landing on 3 commercial vehicles and a private car. Casualty figures are unknown.
As at 22:50pm, NOT ONE Nigerian TV station is reporting from the scene.
They are all celluloid versions of Linda Ikeji's blog. Copy and paste jooor.
— Chuba Ugwu (@chonsyy) June 19, 2018
Trailer fell 2yrs ago n Last year in this same Ojuelegba Bridge, one would think this myopic shit heads will try n fix bridge or Stop trucks with unfastened Containers from entering Bridge but nope they don't care now another Accident, Bloody useless Demons!!!
— Tope and The Collective of Knowledge (@sinzubaba) June 19, 2018
Oh My Goodness!! Happening now; Tragedy as container falls off the Ojuelegba bridge Lagos, on a bus and Many people.. 😢😢😢 pic.twitter.com/N4Q10XdSE0
— ʀօօɮօʏ® (@only1rooboy) June 19, 2018
We don’t learn from past blunders and we mostly believe in temporary fixes. May the souls lost rest in perfect peace. This is neither the first nor second time this will be happening. Container falling from OJUELEGBA bridge in 2018 doesn’t show we have grown or learnt anything 😞
— SEGA L'éveilleur®🚨 (@segalink) June 19, 2018
https://twitter.com/Mr_JAGs/status/1009189106117742599
Another container just fell off Ojuelegba bridge and landed on a Danfo bus. Quite a number of people are dead…
We need to really do something fast about this containers on the road @tundefashola @FMPWH @followlasg @AkinwunmiAmbode @lasemasocial @AlikoDangote @DrJoeAbah
— ALABA OTUKOYA (@alabaotukoya) June 19, 2018
Some people won't make it home alive today because a container fell from Ojuelegba Bridge.
Negligence kills.
But many Nigerians, like typical Africans will say the "devil" is responsible. They won't hold Government responsible.
— Onye Nkuzi (@cchukudebelu) June 19, 2018
Tragedy @ Ojuelegba today.
Lagosians would rather mourn incidents in US than the tragedy at their backyard.
Anyone of us might be affected next time.#Ojuelegba pic.twitter.com/i3HeVaIdSm
— IKECHUKWU (@iykimo) June 19, 2018
@Gidi_Traffic i wish the hospitalized victims of #Ojuelegba accident a good and quick recovery. It could have happened 2 any of us who use that interchange on daily basis. CMAC is involved. I slightly missed being crushed too on 2/9/15 by similar event. Can't this be prevented?
— Akinnuyi Olusegun O. (@akinnnuyi) June 19, 2018
It is crystal clear that APC & Buhari's government is using our lives for experiment, from Fulani Herdsmen, to #EndSARS and now it is the reoccurrence of a Container falling from a bridge down on the head innocent citizens in Ojuelegba. What did we do wrong? @CACCOT1 @segalink
— Bill Gates’ Drummer Boy🥁 (@Ojosticks) June 19, 2018
Update: All vehicles involved in the accident at Ojuelegba have been cleared off the road.
— Lagos State Police Command II (@rrslagos767) June 19, 2018
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