Four persons have been burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident that occurred between Ohono and Akpanya along Lokoja-Abuja road under Lokoja Local Government Area in Kogi State.

It was gathered that the accident happened at about 7am when an 18 seater bus lost control while returning from Lagos to Kano State.

Three of the accident dead victims according to residents in the small communities are uniform men while other passengers in the vehicles were rescued with burns in their body through combined efforts of the people.

As at the time of filing this report, the 18 seater bus is still burning while officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) where seen at the scene of the incident.

It was however gathered that this is not the first time accidents have been happening in that same spot as many lives have been lost due to the bad nature of the road.

The Kogi State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, (FRSC) Solomon Agure confirmed the incident to newsmen on Thursday.

” Is a night journey. In the early morning of today, between 6:30am to 7am, there was a tanker that was parked by the road side and the vehicle lost control and hit the tanker and later went into flame” he said.

Agure advised motorist to avoid night journey saying, “God who created us knows why he created day and night. The vehicle is coming from Lagos in the night. Because for you to be around Jamata bridge, Akpayan road at that early hours means you drove through out the night. Drivers should avoid stressing themselves by driving at night to avoid accidents in our roads”.

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The Governor, Government and people of Kogi State express deep sympathy over the demise of 14 passengers of a bus involved in a ghastly accident at Old Akpata, along Lokoja-Obajana Road today.
Preliminary reports showed that the accident involved a bus and a truck conveying cement from Obajana.
Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps have been alerted and bodies of the deceased have been evacuated from the scene of the accident.
It is indeed, a sad occurrence and a shame that we lost such promising souls in such a pathetic circumstance.
As a Government, we will strengthen our road safety measures to ensure that avoidable loss of lives are averted.
We also call on the FRSC to intensify its surveillance along the roads and ensure that road users obey traffic laws as well as ensure that only road worthy vehicles ply our roads. Every life is precious.
The Kogi State Government expresses deep shock over this irreparable loss of lives as we pray that God grants families of the deceased the fortitude to bear their losses.

Kingsley Fanwo
Hon. Commissioner for Information and Communications