The horrifying incident took place along the ever-busy Sapele Road by Ogbelaka Junction around 7.30 am when most residents were rushing to work, offices and their business places.
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Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the crash involved a lone Toyota Hiace bus carrying 18 passengers.
Abdullahi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Bauchi on Sunday that a search of the river was ongoing to ascertain the number of victims involved in the lone auto-crash.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna that other people sustained injuries when the accident occurred on Saturday.
The tragic accident occurred on Monday evening in Mangu when a Vectra car rammed into the vehicle conveying the PDP leaders, who were returning to Jos from Shendam where they had attended the party’s zonal tour for the Plateau South.
Sector Commander, Jonathan Owoade, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin that the accident occurred close to “Shao Junction’’ as a result of speed violation.
Kudirat Ibrahim, Osun FRSC Sector Commander, told newsmen in Osogbo that the accident involved a luxury bus and a car.
The FRSC Sector Commander, Zubairu Mato, while confirming the accident in a statement issued on Sunday, said 41 others were injured in the Sunday evening accident.
According to available information, the accident occurred on Sunday at about 3pm, with only two of the 22 persons in both vehicles surviving.
Malam Saidu Muhammed, Public Relations Officer of the fire service, confirmed the incident in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Wednesday.
Ahmed Ogembe, the Senator representing Kogi Central on Friday, survived an auto crash along the Abuja-Lokoja road on his way to Okene for elections.
The crash, which occurred in Bayara town, a community few kilometers from Bauchi metropolis, also left eight other persons with injuries.
No fewer than five persons have died in an auto crash involving three cars along Birninkudu-Kano road in Birninkudu Local Government Area of Jigawa.
Andrew Bala, the Public Education Officer, FRSC in Plateau, who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos attributed the accident to speeding.
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The accident, which caused serious traffic jam, saw men of the Federal Road Safety Corps and other security agencies and well meaning Nigerians throng to the scene to render help
Speaking at a Special Thanksgiving Mass to celebrate his survival, the governor said it was God’s mercy that saw him and the other occupants survive the direct impact of a bus, which hit his car and completely destroyed it
Dauda said the incident happened in Batagarawa Local Government Area when two Peugeot cars model 406 and 307 with registration numbers EW
527 ABC and FL 121 RET, respectively, collided
Chukwuemeka said the entire clubs in the premier league received the news with shock and prayed for the quick recovery of all the injured persons as well as the repose of the soul of the mechanic who lost his life in the crash