A N30,000 car race wager resulted in an accident that left five people, including three suspected Yahoo boys and two residents, dead in the Ipara area of Remo, Ogun State.
Chtonicle NG gathered 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 price for the winner.
The source mentioned that during the contest, one of the participants lost control and rammed into a nearby shop, killing two bystanders on the spot.
The source revealed 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.”
Several videos of the incident show victims lying lifeless on the ground, as well as the damaged building and trapped occupants.
Sympathisers’ wailing about the loss of life can be heard in the videos, which are now being circulated on social media platforms.
Confirming the accident, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the driver of the vehicle died at the scene while two other occupants got differing degrees of injury and were rescued at different hospitals.
In a phone chat with our journalist on Tuesday, Akinbiyi revealed that the victims died at various hospitals, while one of the yahoo boys who is the driver died at the accident scene.
Akinbiyi said, “At about 13:40 hrs on 11/08/2025, a lone fatal accident occurred near the Owolowo area, Ipara Remo. The accident involved an unregistered Lexus car whose driver’s name was unknown and two other occupants, both male, in his vehicle.
“The accident occurred when the driver was heading outwards to Fidiwo, but on getting to the aforementioned point, while at high speed, lost control of his vehicle and rammed into one Akeem Ashiru, male, and one Shina Badejo by the roadside.
“As a result of the impact, the driver, Akeem Ashiru, and Shina Badejo died at the scene.”
He went on to say that the other two occupants perished in other hospitals where they were being treated.
“Two other occupants were rescued to the Isara State Hospital, while one also died while receiving treatment.
“The other one was referred to OASTH Sagamu, where he also succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday,” Akinbiyi concluded.
