Chief Dr Gbenga Dalley Is Dead : OOU Lecturer Died In Car Accident

An Egba High Chief and Senior Lecturer at Ogun
State-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago
Iwoye, Dr. Gbenga Dalley and two other persons
lost their lives in a multiple road crash,
Wednesday evening, along the Abeokuta/Sagamu
road.
Six passengers were also said to have been
rushed to the state hospital following the various
degrees of injury they sustained in the accident.
Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred
about 30 kilometres to Abeokuta, near Onipepeye
village at about 6.25p.m and involved three
vehicles—a Toyota Camry car with number plate
LAGOS AAA 181 AA in which the late
Akinfimogboye of Egbaland, drove.
It was further gathered that one of the vehicles
involved in the accident skidded off the road after
the driver lost control on his way to Lagos and
crossed the culvert, facing another oncoming
vehicle.
Further findings showed that the Egba chief, who
was returning from the university, on getting to
the scene attempted to avoid a head-on collision
but an articulated truck crushed his car from
behind.
The development was said to have led to the
instant death of Dally and two others whose cars
had part of their roofs smashed.
Confirming the accident, Head of Operations, Ogun
Command of the Federal Road Safety
Commission, FRSC, Cecilia Alao, said yesterday,
that the accident involved three vehicles and eight
persons.
She said a Toyota Camry car with number plate
LAGOS AAA 181 AA, Mitsubishi Space wagon
OGUN LAR 55 XA and Honda car with number
plate LAGOS KSF 224 AT, collided due to over
speeding.
Alao added that the remains of the victims had
been deposited at Ijaye General Hospital,
Abeokuta, adding that six persons who sustained
various degrees of injury were also receiving
treatment at the hospital.
She appealed to motorists to exercise patience
and apply what she described as “common sense
speed limit” while on the highway.
Among the first prominent callers at the scene
included the state Police Command Public
Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi; the state
Commissioner for Commerce, Mr. Bimbo Ashiru
and Adviser to the Governor on Political Matters,
Mr. Adesanya .
At the school owned by the late don, along the
Abeokuta/Sagamu road, staff and students wept
uncontrollably as the news of his death was
broken, yesterday.
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