Accident killed Police Inspector in Ogun

A police inspector, Azeez Ajasa, died Tuesday in a lonely accident in Adedero village on the Kobape-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun.

Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer of Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), confirmed the incident at the news agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta.

Akinbiyi said the officer, who drove a white Golf 4 car with registration number EKY 631 BB, lost control of the vehicle and landed in the bush, a salto in the process.

"The accident happened around 11.30 am The victim was a serving police inspector attached to Mopol 16, Okay Ilewo, Abeokuta," he said.

The TRACE spokesperson said that the corpse of the deceased had been deposited in the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta.