No fewer than 25 people have just lost their lives in a fatal
accident that occurred Kogi State involving a tanker conveying fuel and
an eighteen seater bus coming from the North.
Both vehicles got burnt to ashes.
The accident which occurred between Fefele-Okene Abuja Road at about
1:30pm Friday saw residents of the area scampering for safety.
18 unidentified bodies were seen lifeless on the ground.
Equally consumed in the inferno were about 10 cars parked by the road side.
Sympathizers watching helplessly expressed shock and blamed the bad nature of the road for the accident.
An eyewitness, Bawasa Ibrahim said two tricycle rider popularly called Keke napep were equally burnt in the accident.
” The tanker and the eighteen seater bus were trying to overtake each
other. But unfortunately, the tanker lost balance and it fell on the
bus.
“We have been complaining to the government to fix this road. Now you
can see how many lives that have been lost. No fewer than 25 burnt
bodies can be seen here.” Ibrahim added.
Another eyewitness, Haruna Sadiq who sympathize with families of
those who lost their lives said they have been calling the fire
authority for more 20 minute but they claimed there was no fuel in their
vehicle.
” I am really disappointed with our firemen. We have been calling
them that people are dying here, but all we could hear is that they
don’t have fuel. What a shame.” he lamented.
He, however, appealed to the government to do the needful, stating
that a similar accident happened in this same spot where lives were also
lost.
As at the time of filing this report, the fire is still on.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Kogi State command is yet to confirm the accident and come up with an official casualties figure.