A street car race, reportedly organized over a N30,000 bet, turned tragic on Monday afternoon when one of the cars lost control and crashed into a roadside shop, k!lling five people—three suspected internet fraudsters and two residents.
The fatal crash occurred around 1:40pm near the Owolowo area of Ipara Remo.
A community source, who spoke on condition of anonymity to PUNCH, said that the contest was organised by young men suspected to be internet fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo boys.”
“The accident happened yesterday (Monday) afternoon. What I gathered was that some guys suspected to be Yahoo boys organised a car racing contest with a N30,000 wager. One of the cars lost control and rammed into a shop, k!lling two people on the spot, and the occupants of the vehicle sustained varying degrees of injury before they were rescued by emergency responders,” the source was quoted as saying.
Eyewitness reportedly said the mangled vehicle lodged in a building, while lifeless bodies were on the ground, and trapped occupants were pulled from the wreckage as wails of grief filled the background.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, said the accident involved an unregistered Lexus car whose driver and two other male occupants were speeding towards Fidiwo before losing control.
“At about 13:40 hrs on 11/08/2025, a lone fatal accident occurred near the Owolowo area, Ipara Remo. The accident involved an unregistered Lexus car whose driver’s name was unknown and two other occupants, both male, in his vehicle,” Akinbiyi said.
The accident occurred when the driver was heading outwards Fidiwo, but on getting to the aforementioned point, while at high speed, lost control of his vehicle and rammed into one Akeem Ashiru, male, and one Shina Badejo, by the roadside. As a result of the impact, the driver, Akeem Ashiru, and Shina Badejo died at the scene.”
According to him, the two other occupants, who were rescued to Isara State Hospital, later died from their injuries.
“One died while receiving treatment, and the other, who was referred to OASTH Sagamu, also succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday,” he added.
The incident came barely 24 hours after another fatal crash in Abeokuta, where a yet-to-be-identified man was crushed to de@th by a moving Volvo truck after falling off a motorcycle along the Rounder area.
