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Posted by Lolade on Fri 16th Oct, 2015 - tori.ng

An 18-seater commercial bus swerved off the road and plunged into Omo river in Ogun state.

Two corpses were recovered on Thursday, October 15, when an-18-seater commercial bus plunged into Omo river, around J4 at Ogbere Ijebu East local government area of Ogun state.

An eyewitness present at the scene of the crash said that the Okitipupa bound passenger bus had taken off from Idumota in the Lagos Island where it was loaded with the goods.

It was gathered that it took the combined efforts of personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Policemen in the state and that of the National Emergency Management Authority, NEMA, before the vehicle could be removed from the Omo river.

The state commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Adetunji Adegoke and the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi who in separate interviews confirmed the incident.

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