NSCDC confirms one dead, four injured in Ibadan auto crash

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Oyo State Command, on Thursday, confirmed a road accident involving an 18-seater bus and a motorcycle in Ibadan which claimed at least a life.

Head of Disaster Management Unit, NSCDC, Oyo State Command, Benedict Effanga, who confirmed the development in a statement, said about four other passengers were injured in the accident.

An 18-seater bus allegedly skipped its lane and rammed into four motorcycles and a Camry car on the other lane at about 4:44 p.m. on Bodija road, Ibadan on Wednesday.

According to him, a distress call was put through to the Unit desk “at the State Headquarters, Agodi, Ibadan on Wednesday, to report a road accident that involved the commuter bus and the other vehicles.

“The commuter bus skid off its lane to the other lane where it rammed into 4 motorcycles moving in the opposite direction and brushed another Camry car on the side.”