Adebayo who was trying to avoid the fire veered off the and hit the culvert by the roadside. The driver’s door, it was learnt, was pinned to the culvert and there was no time to quickly get down from the other front door. Within seconds, his saloon car was caught up in flames with him inside it. The residents of the area, made desperate efforts to put out the fire by pouring sand and water on the vehicle but with the intensity of the fire, they couldn’t do much. His burnt body was found by the fire fighters who had to cut off the top of the vehicle to get his remains out. Nothing from the car including a sum of N100,000.00, a laptop and a phone could be saved.
He disclosed that they all left work at the same time but he and a friend dropped at Badore bus stop. An hour later, Adebayo’s wife called his friend to complain that she had not seen her husband. They called Adebayo’s cell phones but he was not answering the calls. Scared that their car had been attacked by armed robbers, they ran out to trace him. On the way, policemen warned them to take the other route as there was a fire incident ahead. He said:
“We heard that the vehicles involved were jeeps and when I reached the scene, I knew it was C.M’s vehicle.
“Look at Ikotun Fire Service Station. It is just behind here. They didn’t come on time before the people got burnt. That’s what is so upsetting about Nigeria. They are never prepared for emergencies. A lot of people were angry. They almost beat up the fire fighters. I saw the Honda man’s phone. It was burnt. The phone battery and the man’s laptop were destroyed.”
Adams expressed anger at the people who refused to help salvage the situation but instead, opened the trailers to carry crates of beer to drink.
“He was not hit. Till the top of the vehicle was cut and his body removed, there was no dent on it. The position in which I saw the car, it was not hit. The car was standing alone. It had no dent or sign of impact. He uses air conditioner in his vehicle so I believe it was the gas from the vehicle that attracted the fire.”
Giving glowing tribute on how hardworking and prayerful his brother was, he stated that the deceased should not have died in such a gruesome manner.
“Bayo is an Alfa. He is disciplined. He doesn’t drink, smoke, womanize or stay out late. He condemns smoking and drinking of beer and even buying of beer for people. He doesn’t like parties. Even when we have parties in our house, he condemns it. All he does is view premiership matches, go to work and go home. He was about completing his home before his death. We had dreams to expand the petroleum company but ….. We couldn’t take all his remains that night. We went back to look for his remaining body parts on Tuesday evening.”
Akeem said for everybody in the world, death is inevitable and what has been destined to happen cannot be changed except by prayers and goodwill. Since this has happened, all they can do is to pray for their brother.
Adebayo’s wife has not been able to accept the fact that her husband is dead as she has been inconsolable.