SHOCKING: husband and pregnant wife killed after 13years of barrenness!

A woman, Toyin, who had waited for 13 years to get pregnant was crushed to death with her husband, Rotimi Olugbuyi, on Saturday in Ogun State. The couple were returning from Ibadan, where they had gone for a function, when the unfortunate incident occurred.

Rotimi was driving the family car and were a few kilometres to their home in Mowe around 5:30pm when one of the car’s tyres burst at Ogere area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.


A family member, who pleaded anonymity because he was not empowered to talk on the incident, said the tyre of the car burst on motion and it subsequently somersaulted to the other side of the expressway.

He said, “There was a fast-moving trailer heading for Ibadan on the other side. The trailer crushed the car, killing the occupants. It was really a gory sight as Rotimi and Toyin were crushed to pieces by the trailer. Their remains were gathered by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

“The FRSC officials used the contacts they found on their telephone set to inform us about the sad event.”

There were long faces at the Ministry of Information on Monday as the expectant couple were information officers in the ministry. Colleagues lamented that the accident happened at the time God was answering the couple’s prayer for a child.

One of them said, “They were married for 13 years but had no children. We were happy for them when we learnt that Toyin was about three months pregnant. They were very nice people."