The Lagos State chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for stricter enforcement of laws banning unregistered and unroadworthy trucks across major roads in the state following the deaths of two students of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology in a fatal crash.
This call was contained in a statement jointly signed by the state NANS Joint Campus Committee Chairman, Abdul-Raheem Abdul-Quadri, and Public Relations Officer, Ridwan Ajayi, on Monday.
Chronicle NG reported that the two students died in a multi-vehicle collision that occurred on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at the Powerline Junction, inward Ikorodu Roundabout, Lagos.
NANS identified the deceased students as Oluwaseyitan Afolabi Emmanuel, a newly admitted 200-level Direct Entry student of Banking and Finance at the College of Applied Social Sciences, and Ayomide Jagun, a 300-level student of Mechatronics Engineering at the College of Engineering and Technology, respectively.
The statement partly reads, “Lagos State Axis expresses its deepest grief and solidarity with the entire community of the Lagos State University of Science and Technology over the devastating loss of two promising students in the tragic road accident that occurred on the morning of Saturday, November 8, 2025, at Powerline Junction, inward Ikorodu Roundabout.”
NANS quoted comments from university management and the Students’ Consultative Assembly, which confirmed that, despite early reports indicating a greater casualty figure, just two of the deceased were LASUSTECH students.
According to preliminary findings by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, the accident was caused by an unregistered truck filled with sand that failed to brake, culminating in a multi-vehicle collision that killed numerous people and injured many more.
NANS denounced the country’s “recurring culture of negligence and infrastructural failure” and described the tragedy as preventable.
“As the umbrella body representing the collective interest of all students across Lagos State tertiary institutions, NANS JCC Lagos is deeply pained by this preventable tragedy,” the statement continued.
“We mourn not just as fellow students but as a family wounded by the nation’s recurring culture of negligence and infrastructural failure.
“We emphasize that no Nigerian student’s dream should be buried on the road to knowledge. Every life lost to avoidable accidents is a silent indictment of the system’s failure to prioritize public safety, transport regulation, and student protection,” the students’ union added.
The group urged the Lagos State Government, notably the Ministry of Transportation, to increase enforcement against unregistered and unroadworthy vehicles on major routes.
It also requested the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to perform a quick evaluation of accident-prone corridors in Ikorodu and surrounding areas, as well as LASUSTECH administration to boost student welfare and safety coordination procedures in collaboration with LASTMA and other agencies.
“The LASUSTECH management must deepen its collaboration with safety agencies to prevent a recurrence of this tragedy,” NANS said.
