Primero Transport Services Ltd,
operators of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos State, has expressed regret over
an accident that claimed two lives on Wednesday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the accident, involving a BRT bus and a commercial motorcycle
operator carrying two passengers, took place on BRT lane at Ile-Igbo inward
Abule-Egba area of Lagos.
The firm, in a statement by its
Head of Corporate Communications, Mr. Mutiu Yekeen, commiserated with the
family of the victims.
Narrating the accident, Yakeen said
at about 4 a.m, a bus heading to Abule-Egba from Oshodi, was involved in an
accident that claimed the lives of two on the spot.
“A commercial motorcyclist,
according to the Busman, appeared from nowhere on the BRT corridor.
“The driver who could not avoid
the motorcycle which had no headlamp and was facing the oncoming bus, knocked
down the victims,” Yekeen added.
According to him, the driver of
the BRT bus quickly ran to Oke-Odo police station to report the matter.
He added that when the Lagos
State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) team arrived at the scene, two
people were discovered to have died on the spot and were taken away by the
team.
Yekeen said that the third person
was taken to the hospital by the emergency team.
The BRT spokesman added that the
BRT bus and the motorcycle (Okada) are at Oke-Odo Police Division.
“The matter is still under
investigation as the IPO in charge of the case asked the BRT management to give
police 48 hours for the families of the victims to appear.
“The life of every Lagosian is
precious to Primero.
“While we regret the accident
that led to the loss of lives, the management appeals to all commercial
motorcyclists, private cars and ‘danfo’ drivers to stop encroaching on the BRT
corridors to avoid future accidents,” the statement added.
Yakeen lamented that the
operators are facing so many challenges on BRT corridors and the biggest
remains motorcycle riders encroaching into BRT lanes.
He urged the Lagos Metropolitan
Area Transport Authority, LAMATA, and Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,
LASTMA to assist in deploying their officers to checkmate the activities of
drivers that have invaded the BRT corridors.”
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