Twenty-one people were killed and 27 others wounded in a road accident involving three passenger buses on a motorway in southwestern Nigeria, police said today.
Police said the accident happened last night when a speeding 60-seater bus veered off its lane on the Ibadan-Ife motorway and collided with another bus travelling in the opposite direction. A third bus then rammed into the wreckage.
Fatal crashes are frequent on Nigerian roads and road safety officials usually blame speeding, poorly maintained vehicles and overloading. Motorists attribute the accidents to oil-rich Nigeria's crumbling highway network.