200-level law student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile
Ife, Miss Mary Ibitolu, was crushed to death by a bus owned
by a private secondary school in Osogbo.
Our correspondent gathered that the deceased was on a
commercial motorcycle when the bus, which was said to have
suffered brake failure, hit the motorcycle and knocked her
down.
She was said to have been rushed to a private hospital at
Okefia where she gave up the ghost. The motorcyclist was
said to have survived the accident.
A commuter, who was waiting to board a bus, was also said
to have been knocked down, but survived the incident.
One of the eyewitnesses, a hawker, told our correspondent
that the school bus broke down, but the driver called on some
passersby to assist him to push-start the engine.
He said when the engine started running, the driver discovered
that the brake had failed when he was approaching the
motorcycle conveying Ibitolu.
“He tried to stop the bus from hitting the okada but he failed.
She fell off the motorcycle and was rushed to a hospital at
Okefia, but she died there.
One of the members of the Nigerian Federation of Catholic
Students at the OAU, Mr. Timothy Agbor, told our
correspondent that Ibitolu, was a member of the fellowship.
Agbor said, “I was shocked when somebody called and
informed me that she died in an accident. Mary was a God-
fearing lady. I can’t believe she is gone.”
He added that a requiem Mass was ongoing for the deceased
at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Osogbo as of the time of
filing this report.
The bus and the motorcycle were said to have been taken to
the Dada Estate Police Station.
Although the vehicle was seen at the station, policemen at the
counter declined comment on the accident. They referred our
correspondent to the Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs.
Folasade Odoro.
However, efforts to speak to the PPRO proved abortive as
calls made to her phone did not connect.
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