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...For a better society... Monday, August 23 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Opinion Labour Politics Sports Features Columnists Business Money/Market Energy Alaba Market Foreign News Robbers kill graduate night guard •7 die in road crash WALE FOLARIN, Ibadan TEARS flowed freely in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital last Thursday, when a night guard who is said to be a fresh university graduate, was killed by armed robbers. Fresh mourning engulfed the ancient city yesterday following a motor accident during which seven persons lost their lives. The young graduate, identified simply as Ladipo, was killed at about 4.00am at Agbowo-Irepo area. It was gathered that the victim graduated from one of the federal universities about two years ago. He was said to have taken the job of night guard to keep body and soul together when he could not secure better employment befitting a university graduate. It was learnt that the bandits numbering about 11, invaded his duty post and tied him and another night guard before they raided the residents. The other night guard was said to have escaped and informed the police at a nearby police station of the incident. However, Ladipo was found dead when the police arrived the scene, while the bandits escaped with their loot. The robbers inflicted machete cuts on the deceased and left him in a pools of blood. They were said to have escaped with a huge sum and other valuables from two houses that were raided. When contacted, the spokesman Mr. Babatunde Sodimu, confirmed that a night guard was killed in a robbery operation. He said the police were investigating the incident. The motor accident reportedly occurred at Oremeji area of Ibadan, along the Lagos-Iwo expressway, at about 1.40pm. The tragedy involved a commercial bus marked XS459KJA and a trailer XH524KRD. It was learnt that the bus which was coming from Apata area, had stopped at the roadside to drop off a passenger and suddenly veered back onto the highway when the driver apparently discovered that where he parked was not very convenient. As he hit the highway again, the driver, however ran into oncoming trailer which was moving at high speed, and later ended up in a nearby ditch killing seven of the passengers. The corpses have been deposited at the State Hospital mortuary while only one person reportedly survived it. The accident hindered vehicular movement along the road for several hours while sympathisers were removing the corpses when Daily Champion visited the scene. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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