Basirat, whose corpse clawed and hugged the remains of her two year-old daughter, is a sister in-law to Tajudeen Adebanjo, a journalist with The Nation Newspaper
Picture of the ill-fated bus. Inset. Basirat Adebanjo. Source: Tajudeen Adebanjo Facebook page
Heavily pregnant woman, a nursing mother and two kids were among the seven persons that were burnt to death when a Mazda bus conveying them went up in flames.
The deceased include 38-year-old nursing mother, Basirat Adebanjo and her two-year-old daughter, Abidat Adebanjo. Basirat, whose corpse reportedly clawed and hugged the remains of her two year-old daughter, is a sister in-law to a journalist with The Nation Newspaper, Alhaji Tajudeen Adebanjo.
Other who died in the accident included Kafilah Akindele, Azeezah AbdulMajeed, Halimah Lawal, Shakirah Zakariyya and one Iya Al-Ameen.
Seven other persons with serious burns are receiving treatment at National Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Gbagada General Hospital, Gbagada and Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta – all in Lagos State.
The lone accident occurred a few metres away from Odogbolu junction along the Sagamu-Benin expressway.
The Nation
