A tragic crash has shaken Badagry, Lagos. On February 23, 2026, a heavy-duty truck reportedly linked to the Dangote Group suffered brake failure at the Badagry Roundabout inward Seme. The truck lost control, crushed a LASTMA officer managing traffic, hit two pedestrians, and later stopped about 200 metres away. Three lives were lost.

In November 2024, a Dangote truck lost its brakes in Epe, Lagos, killing a tricycle rider and two students of Manpower Technical School. In October 2025, five passengers in a commercial tricycle were crushed to death along Papalanto-Ilaro Road in Ogun State after another Dangote Cement truck failed to stop. In Benue State, three people riding a motorcycle were killed in a similar crash. Years earlier in Jos, an overspeeding Dangote truck rammed into a passenger bus, killing seven and injuring six others. In August 2025, Ruth Otabor, the younger sister of BBNaija Season 7 winner Phyna, was hit by a truck linked to the Dangote Group near Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State, just six days after graduating.

Person wey see as e happen talk say the heavy-duty truck crushed her leg before it was stopped. She underwent amputation and fought for her life for weeks. , her family announced her passing. How many more names must be added before this stops being called an accident and starts being treated like a national crisis?