At least four persons have died over the weekend following two automobile crashes in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
It was learnt that three among the four victims were three members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (IPMAN) who were returning from a meeting of the youth wing of their association at Oke- Oyo Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Depot.
The sad incident happened when the driver of the IPMAN members lost control of the steering of of the vehicle, a Toyota Prado car in which they were.
New Telegraph reports that the other deceased victim identified as Alhaji AbdulWaheeb Abese, who owned several filling stations in the state, was a chairmanship aspirant in the association’s election scheduled for February 14, 2015.