Akure explosion: I didn’t know I was carrying explosives – Truck Driver

The driver who drove the truck that contained explosives which
wrecked havoc at Eleyewo community in Akure North local government area
on Saturday March 28, has disclosed that he didn’t know what he was
transporting.

Isiaka Yunusa has already undergone a surgery to remove a shrapnel
from his stomach as he was rushed to the hospital unconscious after the
explosion.

In an interview on a state TV, the truck driver recalled being asked
to move some items from a stranded truck at Osu axis along Ife-Ibadan
expressway by his boss.

He disclosed that he was driving with a police escort team and a
staff of the company where the explosives were to be delivered. Yunusa
said they spent the night at Shasha market in Akure after the truck
became faulty.

He said;

“I was sleeping inside the truck. I heard a bang on the vehicle door that smoke was coming out from under the vehicle.

“We quickly move. The policeman that led the team said we should move
ahead. As we were moving, the policemen in the escort started flashing
him that he should stop. As we got down, I saw fire coming out from the
vehicle. We brought out fire extinguisher. While other vehicles parked.

“They tried to assist. Suddenly the policemen shouted everybody run
everybody run. As I was running, I heard a band and noticed something in
my abdomen. That was all I knew and I woke up in the hospital.”