Twelve lives have been lost in an auto accident on the Baimari-Geidam Road in Yobe State.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRCN) Sector Commander in the state, Mr Livinus Yilzoom, confirmed the deaths in a statement in Damaturu on Wednesday.
Yilzoom stated that the accident occurred at about 10:00pm on Tuesday, when a Howo truck ran into a bus with registration number BAU 124 YF near Chelluri village.
He said 12 passengers in the bus were burnt to death after the vehicle burst into flames.
“Preliminary investigation revealed road obstruction by the HOWO truck as the immediate cause, while excessive speed and overload by the driver of the bus (Sharan), as the remote causes of the road crash,” Yilzoom said.
He advised motorists to avoid night journeys, especially during the harmattan, noting that poor visibility was a major cause of accident in the season.