Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, Oluwo of Iwo escaped death by whiskers recently as a vehicle in his convoy collided with a fuel tanker at Awo and Ara Junction along Osogbo-Iwo Road. The tanker driver and the assistant driver sustained injuries.

Sources disclosed to us that the accident was caused by reckless overtaking and the tanker fell in the process and spilled its content on the road. “The tanker fell and Oluwo’s escort vehicle was damaged, but nobody died.”

Sources added that the king initially promised to pay the tanker driver for the loss but he reneged on his promise when the tanker driver went to his palace.

But the spokesman for the monarch, Mr. Alli Ibrahim, who confirmed the accident to our correspondent on the telephone on Sunday, said Akanbi did not promise to pay the driver any compensation. However, the king’s spokesperson, Mr. Alli Ibrahim revealed that: “Kabiyesi will not want to start an argument with anybody on this issue. We thank God there was no loss of life. Kabiyesi is not an illiterate and he knows that there is no way a petrol tanker will not have an insurance policy. Knowing this, I don’t think there is a way he would have promised to pay the driver any compensation.”