A graduate of Biology and serving corps member, Roland Moses, speaks to ALEXANDER OKERE about how he survived a crash and another potential one on December 23, 2022 while travelling from Enugu to Akwa Ibom State
about how he survived a crash and another potential one on December 23, 2022 while travelling from Enugu to Akwa Ibom StateMy name is Roland Moses. I am from Akwa Ibom State. I am a corps member serving in Kogi State. I studied Biology at Ritman University, a private university in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State. I love teaching and would like to become a lecturer. I would love to obtain a master’s degree.
You made a post on Facebook stating that you survived a crash on Enugu Road on December 15, 2022. Where were you going on that day? I was coming from Enugu to Akwa Ibom State. I just wanted to come home and rest before returning for service. There was no vehicle to take me from Kogi to Akwa Ibom, so I had to get to Enugu first. When I arrived in Enugu State, I boarded a bus. The driver addressed us well. He said we would get to Akwa Ibom in five or six hours. He also told us that we might be stopped at checkpoints.
As we were moving along Enugu Road, I didn’t know what really happened. I knew the driver was not drunk; he was normal. As we were moving, there was a vehicle, a truck, in front of us and another one behind us. I was talking to someone on the phone and as soon as I ended the call, I decided to relax. But I saw that the driver was approaching the vehicle in front. I remember that the passenger beside him told him to apply the brakes.
On our way to Akwa Ibom, I noticed that the man was struggling with the brakes and I and a few other passengers told him to drive slowly but the man did not say anything. He told us not to teach him how to drive the vehicle but I told him that I experienced a crash a few hours earlier and had the right to tell him to drive carefully. He managed to control the vehicle and came out of it and told us the brakes failed. I was shocked.
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