President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja expressed sympathy over the accident involving a train and a Lagos State BRT staff bus at Shogunle area of Ikeja.
President Buhari in a statement issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, described the accident as distressing and extremely sad.
“The accident at the level crossing involving the train and the BRT staff bus is distressing and extremely sad.
“I pray for the souls of the deceased and quick recovery of the many who were injured,’’ he said in the statement.
The president commended the Lagos State authorities and Federal Government agencies for promptly getting involved in relief work.
A train and a bus conveying workers to their work places in Lagos collided on Thursday morning, killing about six persons and leaving many injured and injuring over 80 who were rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who visited the injured at the hospital, revealed that two persons died on the scene of the accident while four gave up the ghost at the hospital.
According to him, 85 passengers were involved, with 42 sustaining moderate injuries, 29 with serious injuries while eight suffered mild injuries.
The governor has also declared three days mourning of victims of the accident on Thursday.