N30,000 car racing bet leaves five dead in Ogun

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Tragedy struck in the Ipara area of Remo, Ogun State, when a N30,000 car race wager resulted in an accident that left five people, including three suspected Yahoo boys and two residents, dead.

PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday from a source in the community, who pleaded anonymity, that the accident occurred at about 2 p.m. on Monday.

According to the source, the suspected Yahoo boys had organised a car racing contest with a N30,000 wager for the winner.

The source noted that during the contest, one of the participants lost control and rammed into a nearby shop, killing two bystanders on the spot.

The source disclosed that the driver, alongside two other occupants of the vehicle, got trapped and sustained varying degrees of injury before they were rescued and taken to separate hospitals.

The source said, “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, killing two people on the spot, and the occupants of the vehicle sustained varying degrees of injury before they were rescued by emergency responders.” Punch