- Two other travellers were also injured in the crash that happened on Easter Sunday around 7:30pm.
- The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, disclosed the development on Monday.
Thirteen persons have lost their lives in a fatal road accident in Nigeria’s middle belt State of Kogi.
Two other travellers were also injured in the crash that happened on Easter Sunday around 7:30pm.
The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Samuel Oyedeji, disclosed the development on Monday.
According to Oyedeji, the accident involved a commercial Sharon bus and an articulated cement truck.
He said the mishap happened at Obajana Market along Obajana -Lokoja Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of the state.
The sector commander said that the Sharon bus had packed behind a truck around the market for passengers to buy some things when the cement truck lost brake and crashed into it from behind.
“As soon as the truck rammed into the bus, it immediately went up in flame and burnt virtually all the passengers inside it.
“Also burnt were the bus, two trucks and a motorcycle,” he said.
The bus was reportedly heading to Abuja from the southern part of the country.
“Our personnel, who were on rescue operations with Red Cross Nigeria and Police officers, couldn’t save the situation due the fierceness of the fire
“But the charred remains of the affected persons were collected while the two injured persons have been taken to Fisayo Hospital, Obajana for medical attention,” he added.
Oyedeji expressed worry that no hospital in Kogi agreed to take the charred bodies for keep, which might force the authorities to give them a massive burial if no relation came around.
The sector commander, who described the incident as “very sad and unfortunate,” cautioned motorists against speeding and poor maintenance of their vehicles.
He implored motorists to always check their vehicles to ensure everything is in order before embarking on a journey to avoid road crashes.
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