GBENGA OLUGBODI, IBADAN

No fewer than five persons were confirmed dead on Friday after a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) van, crashed along the Oyo-Ibadan Express road.

The Hilux van with code No. 1139(3) was reported to have had a fatal collision while in pursuit of presumed road traffic defaulters, alongside a Nissan Micra with registration No. Lagos KSF 831.

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Although the FRSC state command was yet to release a statement at the time of filing this report, embedded photos show the vehicles and sympathisers at the scene of the crash.

Commenting on the accident, FRSC Public Relations Officer, Mr Kazeem said nobody died.

According to him, “it is not true that people died in the accident. There was no death whatsoever.”