A truck belonging to Dangote Cement Company  was set ablaze in Ilaro Yewa-South Local Government Area of Ogun State by an angry mob after it crushed a secondary school pupil to death.

Spokesman for the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to The PUNCH.

Akinbiyi told The PUNCH that the  mob also vandalised the truck of the fire service which moved to the scene to put out the fire.

“The presumed dead victim has been deposited at the mortuary in Ilaro General Hospital. Traffic was affected because pupils trooped in a large number to set the truck on fire.’’ He also stated that the mob prevented fire fighters from extinguishing the fire leading to the destruction of their truck,” he said.