Calamity befell when scores of passengers were burnt beyond recognition following a motor accident along the Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in Abuja, on Sunday, September 18.
According to Dauda Biu, the acting corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, who confirmed the accident stated that at least 19 persons were killed in the auto crash while eight others survived.
Mr. Biu who was at the scene of the incident said the crash involved two Toyota Hiace buses with registration numbers MUB- 30 LG and DWR-985 XJ and an articulated vehicle.
He said: “Out of the 31 victims, eight persons comprising of seven males and one female sustained various degrees of injuries, while 19 others were burnt beyond recognition.
“Investigation showed that the main causes of the crash were speed limit violation and wrongful overtaking which eventually resulted in loss of control.”
The Toyota Hiace bus with the registration number MUB- 30 LG, gutted fire and killed the entire passengers.
The bus was said to have been coming from Kano state en route to Benin in Edo state while the other affected vehicle (Citroen) carrying chicken feed was from Kaduna state and headed for Akwa Ibom.
It was further disclosed that the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) took over the investigations while the body of the victims had been taken for mass burial.
Mr. Biu said: “Injured victims were taken to a nearby hospital in Kwali in the FCT and one identified male corpse was deposited at the mortuary at Kwali General Hospital.”
