A traffic official and witness has said that driver of Governor Ayo Fayose’s burnt Mercedes-Benz G-Class waited to pack cash out of the vehicle after it was burnt.
Last week Wednesday, the Ekiti state governor narrowly escaped death after his Mercedes-Benz G-Class caught fire and was burnt on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos State.
Reports revealed that the vehicle had just had a lone accident when the governor fled it and escaped into another car which was in his convoy.
It was gathered that traffic officials with the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency later responded to the incident.
“The accident happened around 1.30pm on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway inward Airport Road. It happened on the Oshodi bridge, not too far from the LASTMA’s headquarters.
“We cannot tell the exact cause of the fire. We gathered from those at the scene that the governor was in the G-Class when the accident happened and he quickly escaped into another car in his convoy.
“On getting to the scene, we saw the driver who tried to cover his face with a Fez cap. He watched helplessly as the fire raged on. We alerted the state fire service and LASEMA. The LASEMA response unit had to take one way to access the accident scene because the road was blocked because of the inferno.
“On arrival, they were able to douse the fire. The vehicle was seriously burnt. The driver did not talk to anybody. We saw as he started packing some of the burnt cash in the car. They were N500 notes.
Fire razes Fayose’s G-Class in Lagos • We saw driver packing burnt cash from vehicle –Traffic officer https://t.co/UP7TEAPg9J pic.twitter.com/m4FwB0Xhir
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