16 passengers lose lives in Lokoja–Okene highway tragedy

At slightest 16 persons person been confirmed dormant pursuing a fatal roadworthy mishap on the Lokoja–Okene road successful Kogi State.

In a station shared connected X by information expert Zagazola Makama, helium said the tragic incidental occurred astatine astir 9:20 a.m. connected Friday adjacent Aku colony astir the Osara axis of the engaged highway.

Security and postulation information sources told Zagazola Makama that the mishap progressive a Toyota Hiace autobus with registration fig BUU 17 ZD carrying 22 passengers from Jos, Plateau State, to Lagos.

“Security and postulation information sources said the mishap progressive a Toyota Hiace autobus with registration fig BUU 17 ZD, conveying 22 passengers comprising 21 males and 1 pistillate from Jos, Plateau State, en way to Lagos,” Makama said.

According to the sources, the conveyance reportedly mislaid power portion moving astatine precocious speed, veered disconnected the roadworthy and plunged nether a bridge, starring to aggregate casualties.

Preliminary findings attributed the mishap to operator fatigue.

The sources disclosed that 16 occupants of the vehicle, including 15 men and 1 woman, mislaid their lives successful the crash, portion six different passengers sustained varying degrees of injuries.

Emergency responders were said to person arrived astatine the country aft receiving a distress telephone and instantly evacuated the injure...