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President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of victims of the tragedy resulting from a collision between a moving train and a transit bus conveying government workers in Lagos State.
A total of 85 passengers were reportedly being conveyed on the bus, most of whom sustained injuries of varying degrees, while six were declared dead.
The President, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, expressed sympathy over the accident involving a train and Lagos State BRT staff bus Thursday in Shogunle area of Ikeja.
In a reaction to the incident, Buhari was quoted as saying, “The accident at the level crossing involving the train and the BRT staff bus is distressing and extremely sad.