At least more than ten people have been reportedly confirmed dead following a fatal road accident in Oyo state.
The road crash occured on Tuesday night, March 19, when an 18-passenger bus ferrying people somersaulted along the Iseyin-Ogbomoso expressway.
A source who spoke to online news medium said the bus took a disorderly heap off the road after experiencing a sudden tyre burst on a full speed.
The bus driver, Alhaji Lukman Omipoleko Olope, was said to have died immediately as other casualties were tragically recorded.
He was a fitness enthusiast.
“It was this morning I saw him. He asked if I was going to Ilorin or not. This is so sudden.
“People who saw him before the accident are in shock and disbelief. May God overlook his shortcomings and forgive him,” a grief-stricken ally of the deceased driver, Ashirudeen Ayuba, said.
Meanwhile, the remains of the deceased have been brought back home for burial according to Islamic rites.
A WhatsApp voice note dropped in a group where Olowoeko was a member, which this publication heard revealed that sympathisers have been gathering at Oja Ebedi Motor Park in Iseyin to pay their last tributes to the driver and others.
More details coming
Source: Daily Insider News
