BY DAUD OLATUNJI

ABEOKUTA — The Ogun  State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, TRACE, yesterday, handed over cash and cheques recovered from the scene of an accident  which occurred along the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway, last Tuesday, to the victim of the crash.

The TRACE Commander, Dr. Ayo Sangofadeji, handed over the money and other items to the  owner, Alhaji Shittu Samsudeen.
Samsudeen was travelling in his black Toyota SUV marked LAGOS: FST 278 AR, to Lagos when he was involved in the accident at Kobape-Onipepeye village along the expressway.

The items handed over to the victim included two cheques worth N6.9 million, a bank draft of N6.89 million  and over N118,000 cash, including his Samsung Android phone.
Samsudeen, who was brought to the TRACE office from the state hospital in Ijaye where he was receiving treatment, was presented with the items by the TRACE Commander in his office located in Ibara Housing Estate, Abeokuta.

The TRACE commander shortly after handing over the items to the victim  said a “good Samaritan” had actually taken the victim out of the car before a team of TRACE officials led by Commander Adekoya Adeola got to the scene and took him to the hospital for treatment.
Recalling how the crash occurred, Samsudeen said he was trying to avoid a learner’s vehicle ahead of him which had only a man and another female occupant before the crash occurred.

He, however, expressed appreciation over the integrity and spirit of sincerity displayed by officials and management of the agency in the course of discharging their duties.