Auto crash: Court remands driver over UNIOSUN students, others’ death

An Osogbo Magistrate Court sitting in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a luxury bus driver, Ibrahim Muntari, over his alleged involvement in a tragic accident that claimed the lives of five students of Osun State University (UNIOSUN) and others in Ikire.

The police prosecutor, ASP Akintunde Jacob, told the court that Muntari drove the bus, with registration number LAGOS EPE 796 VH, on a public highway in a manner dangerous to the public, resulting in the deaths of six people and injuries to four others.

The defense counsel, Shaibu Gomina, applied for his bail, but the court denied the request.

In his ruling, the presiding magistrate, Dr. Olusegun Ayilara, adjourned the case till June 2, 2025, and ordered that Muntari be remanded in custody.

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It will be recalled that 10 persons, including five students of Osun State University, Osogbo, lost their lives in a ghastly motor crash that occurred on Sunday, March 23, 2025, around the Balogun Area, before Unity School, Ikire, Osun State.

The management of Osun State University, in a statement released in Osogbo on Monday by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji, expressed deep sadness over the tragic accident.

According to him, “Our university management, upon receiving this distressing news, swiftly dispatched a team to the scene to identify and support any of our students involved in the accident.”

“Regrettably, we confirm the loss of Olagbemide Dotun, a 200-level student of Software Engineering; Suleiman Farouq Adedayo, a 400-level student of Law; Ogundare Pelumi, a 300-level student of Public Health; Ogundare Elijah, a 100-level student of Mechanical Engineering; and Olawuyi Mary, a 200-level student of Nursing.”