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Ogun counters Kunle Afod, says ambulance arrived 10 minutes after crash

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Ogun counters Kunle Afod, says ambulance arrived 10 minutes after crash
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The Ogun State Government has said its ambulance and Federal Road Safety Corps personnel arrived at the scene of the recent accident at Saapade, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,…

The Ogun State Government has said its ambulance and Federal Road Safety Corps personnel arrived at the scene of the recent accident at Saapade, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, 10 minutes after it was reported, disputing Nollywood actor Kunle Afod’s claim that there was no emergency response for about 20 minutes.

According to the government, a passerby reported the accident at the FRSC point in Ogere, where a state ambulance was stationed, at 12:18pm, “while the ambulance and FRSC personnel arrived at the scene at 12:28pm.”

The government explained that the emergency responders had to navigate the road and turn to the opposite carriageway to reach the accident scene at Saapade.

In a statement issued on Saturday by the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Kayode Akinmade, the government said that “the Ogun State Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System…

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