Nine Passengers burnt to death in Ogun bus accident

Nine passengers were burnt beyond recognition after fire gutted a Lagos-bound commercial bus on Warewa Long Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State on Saturday.

PUNCH Metro learnt that nine others sustained injuries in the accident which occurred around 4pm.

Although police sources said six persons had lost their lives, the Federal Road Safety Corps said nine passengers were killed.

It was learnt that the yellow Mazda bus was filled to capacity when the accident occurred.

The sector commander, FRSC, Chidi Nkwonta, told PUNCH Metro that the cause of the accident had yet to be ascertained but investigations were ongoing. Nkwonta said the bus was heading from the Ibafo area of Ogun State.

Source: Punch