No fewer than six persons have been confirmed dead, while two others sustained severe injuries in a road accident at NASFAT Junction along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The crash, which occurred at about 2:36 p.m. on Thursday, involved a Mazda commercial bus and a Volvo truck.
The 18-seater bus was reportedly travelling from Lagos when it ran under a truck coming from Ibadan that was making a U-turn near the NASFAT area.
Confirming the incident in Abeokuta, the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, Afolabi Odunsi-Oyewole, said eight persons were involved in the crash.
He attributed the accident to over-speeding, adding that FRSC personnel from the Mowe Unit and Ibafo Outpost, an ambulance team from the Ojota Unit Command, officers of the MTD RCCG Police Division, and TRACE operatives from the Mowe Division swiftly responded to the scene.
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According to Odunsi-Oyewole, some injured victims were taken to an unknown hospital by good Samaritans before the arrival of rescue teams, while others were conveyed to Famobis Hospital, Lotto, for medical attention. The bodies of the deceased were taken to the morgue.
He said, “At about 14:36hrs on January 1, 2026, a car crash occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway at NASFAT Junction. Eight people were involved; six were killed, and two sustained injuries. The cause of the crash was over-speeding.”
Meanwhile, the FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun State, Corps Commander Akinwumi Fasakin, has ordered a full investigation into the incident.
The accident comes just days after a separate road crash reportedly involving Nigerian-British boxer Anthony Joshua, which left him injured and claimed the lives of two others.
