No fewer than six persons have been confirmed dead, while two others sustained injuries in a road crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, near the NASFAT junction in Ogun State.
The accident, which occurred at about 2:36 pm on Thursday, January 1, 2026, involved a Mazda commercial bus and a Volvo truck.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun Sector Command, confirmed the incident in a statement made available on Thursday, attributing the crash to overspeeding.
“The cause of the crash was overspeeding,” the FRSC stated.
The sector spokesperson, Odunsi Afolabi, said eight people were involved in the accident, noting that six victims died instantly.
“We were told that some good Samaritans took some injured victims to an unknown hospital before the arrival of our team. Some of the victims were taken to Famobis Hospital, Lotto, for medical attention, while the dead bodies were taken to the morgue,” he said.
Afolabi added that the FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun State, Corps Commander Akinwumi O. Fasakin, had ordered a full investigation into the crash.
“The FRSC Sector Commander has directed crash investigators to carry out a full investigation into the incident, as it is our standard practice,” he added.
FRSC personnel from the Mowe Unit and Ibafo Outpost, supported by ambulance teams from the Ojota Unit Command, operatives of the Nigeria Police and officials of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, took part in the rescue and evacuation exercise.
Emergency officials later cleared the wreckage from the road, while the remains of the deceased were deposited at a morgue.
The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway has remained one of the country’s busiest and most accident-prone highways, with road safety authorities repeatedly warning motorists against speeding and reckless driving.
