There was tension in Kajola town early Monday morning as angry youths barricaded the busy Osogbo-Ilesa road while protesting the knocking down of three children.
Eyewitnesses told DAILY POST that the angry youths had set up bonfires on the road which prevented the free flow of vehicular movement.
Akeem Saliu, an eyewitness, disclosed that the accident occurred when the children, two boys and a girl of the same parents, were knocked down by a private vehicle on the busy road on their way to school.
He explained that immediately after the accident occurred, the driver of the vehicle alighted and rushed the victims to a nearby hospital.
Of the three victims, one has been resuscitated and the others are yet to regain their consciousness as at press time.
As a consequence of the barricade, motorists and commuters have experienced difficulty plying the road.
The spokesperson of the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC), Osun Sector Command, Agnes Ogungbemi, told this medium that she was aware of the accident but added that the first responders to the scene of the accident were the personnel of the Nigeria Police Force post at Kajola.
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The Public Relations department of the Osun Police Command also revealed that they were yet to be fully briefed of the development and promised to get back to our reporter as soon as possible.
According to a report, The Osun State Commissioner for Works, Remi Omowaiye, has stated that the state government will facilitate the construction of speed bumps on the Kajola town axis of the Osogbo-Ilesa road.
The Commissioner made this known while addressing protesters on Monday at the scene of an early morning accident involving three children of the same parents who were going to school.
While acceding to the people’s request for speed bumps to be constructed on strategic parts of the road, Omowaiye, who was conducting an on-the-spot assessment of the scene, appealed for patience and more time on their part.
He noted that the speed bumps will be constructed but then it may not be instantly because the state government will have to source for asphalt and due to the fact that nobody foresaw an accident of that nature on the busy road.
He appealed to the community elders to delegate representatives who will meet with officials of the ministry so as to decide the spots where they want the speed bumps to be constructed.
The aggrieved youths of the town had demanded the immediate construction of speed bumps as part of their demands before they cease their protest and allow for free flow of traffic on the Osogbo-Ilesa road.
DAILY POST had earlier reported that of the three victims of the accident, one had been resuscitated but can reliably confirm that all three are now responding to treatment at the hospital.
