9th March, 2023
By Ismaila Chafe
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the train accident involving a staff bus and a train which claimed six lives in Lagos on Thursday morning as distressing and extremely sad.
The President said this while expressing sympathy over the accident at Shogunle area of Ikeja, Lagos in a statement issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu,
“The accident at the level crossing involving the train and the BRT staff bus is distressing and extremely sad. I pray for the souls of the deceased and quick recovery of the many who were injured,’’ he said in the statement.
The president commended the Lagos State authorities and Federal Government agencies for promptly getting involved in relief work.
A train and a bus conveying workers to their work places in Lagos collided on Thursday morning, killing about six persons and leaving many injured.
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State declared three days mourning of victims of the accident on Thursday.
(NAN)
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