[Mhiz Rebecca]

Collision of two commercial buses, yesterday
along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway, left 26
passengers dead on the spot, while 11 others
sustained degrees of injury from the mishap.
Checks by The Guardian revealed that the
accident, which occurred around 7.00am near the
Quarry site area on the Ibadan end of the
expressway, involved two 18-seater buses
attempting to overtake each other from their
lanes at a diversion created by the construction
company handling rehabilitation works on the
road.
The collision immediately sparked off an inferno
that consumed the passengers trapped inside the
vehicles, even as some were burnt beyond
recognition.
A combined team of officers of the Nigeria Police
and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) evacuated
the victims, just as sympathizers at the scene
wailed at the gory sight of victims' remains being
dumped into the rescue vehicle.
The remains had been deposited at the Adeoyo
Hospital Mogue at Yemetu, Ibadan for autopsy,
while the injured were taken to the University
College Hospital and Ibadan central hospital for
treatment.
Oyo State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun
Odude, later visited the scene in company of some
officers, even as the Police Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), Oyo State Police Command,
Superintendent of Police, Adekunle Ajisebutu,
confirmed the incident.