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VENO NEWS: REVEALED! I ONCE ESCAPED DEATH FROM DANGOTE TRUCK- BISHOP SANYA OJO REVEALS
Date: 01-09-25

Escaping death is not something anyone forgets easily, and Bishop Sanya Ojo recently shared a chilling experience that could have ended his life but turned into a testimony of God’s mercy. He narrated how he had planned to travel to Lagos with his car but suddenly felt a strong inner warning not to use it. Obeying that spiritual prompting, he parked the car and chose to ride on a motorcycle instead. That decision, as he later discovered, saved his life.

On reaching Sango Toll Gate, tragedy struck. A Dangote truck suddenly suffered brake failure, and the driver struggled desperately to regain control. Despite his frantic efforts, the heavy vehicle rammed into the highway concrete barrier. In that moment of chaos, four people died instantly. Bishop Ojo was thrown off the motorcycle, and those who saw him fall thought he had died as well. Miraculously, he stood up alive. The only thing he lost was a pair of palm sandals. In his own words: “I lost my sandals instead of my life, and I had to buy another one to continue my journey.”

Sadly, not everyone has been as fortunate. Recently, another Dangote truck crushed a young motorcyclist and his female passenger Ruth Oturbo on 13 August 2025 at Auchi Polytechnic Road. The lady's leg was amputated above the thigh, and she was abandoned in her critical state.

Unfortunately, she passed away in the early hours of August 31, 2025, adding to the growing list of casualties linked to Dangote trucks on Nigerian roads.

These are not isolated cases. Over the years, Dangote trucks have been involved in several fatal accidents across the country. In May 2025, a truck with brake failure rammed into a J-5 bus and a dispatch rider along Kugbo–Nyanya Road in Abuja, leaving three people badly injured. Back in November 2017, another crash along the Abuja–Lokoja highway claimed sixteen lives when a truck collided with cattle traders’ vehicle, though families later received compensation.

In August 2025, a deadly crash in Auchi, Edo State, involving two trucks and a Mercedes Benz GLK, took three lives, and reports blamed the Dangote truck.

In April 2024, reports claimed that a Dangote truck killed nineteen people at Okene–Lokoja Bypass, but the company denied ownership of the vehicle involved.

Similarly, in Plateau State in 2018, a Dangote truck suffered a tyre burst and collided with some cars, killing eight people instantly.

These repeated accidents have raised public fear and anger. Student bodies like the National Association of Polytechnic Students and the National Association of Nigerian Students have even confronted Dangote Group over the rising toll, especially where students have been victims.

Honestly speaking, Nigerians remain uneasy, as the sight of a Dangote truck speeding down the highway often inspires dread rather than safety.

The painful reality is that more lives will continue to be lost unless the government takes urgent action. There must be strict safety inspections, proper maintenance of heavy-duty trucks, and accountability for every vehicle bearing the Dangote name or logo. Emergency response measures must also be strengthened so that accident victims are not left helpless or abandoned in their worst moments.

Bishop Sanya Ojo’s testimony is both a thanksgiving and a warning. His life was spared in what could have been a fatal accident, but many others have not been as lucky. His voice echoes the cry of countless Nigerians: government must rise to the task before more innocent lives are cut short by these tragedies.

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