Osun State Fire Service stated that five lives were lost in the serious accident involving a gas tanker and a commercial bus which happened in Ile-Ife, Osun state.
About 17 people were in the bus when the accident occurred, Kehinde Adeleke, spokesman for Osun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps stated.
Five passengers, two male, two females and a toddler, were brought out of the wreckage dead as announced by the spokesman for Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle on Friday.
The statement read in part; “On Thursday, September 12, 2024 as a gas tanker overran a commercial bus popularly known as ‘Sabo-Lagere’ which conveyed an unspecified number of passengers and crushed them to death. They both swerved off the road into a ditch along Ibadan Express Road, Ajebandele, Ile-Ife.
“The incident was reported to our Ile-Ife Zonal Command at around 12 noon and they mobilised to the scene and joined the headquarters from Abere to give adequate backup because of the nature of materials involved in the crash (LPG).
“After frantic efforts by the men of the State Fire Service in conjunction with FRSC Ile-Ife Zonal Command led by SRC Kenny Olorundare and some local residents, five passengers were recovered from the wreckage which comprises two men and women each and a toddler. They are subsequently conveyed to the OAU Teaching Hospital morgue.”
The Director of Osun State Fire Service Mr. Ismail Olaniyi, sympathized with families of the deceased, and Ile-Ife community while describing the incident as unfortunate and avoidable.
