4 ceramic firm workers die in Kogi auto crash
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By Boluwaji Obahopo
An accident involving a bus and Toyota, yesterday, claimed the lives of four staff of BN Ceramics Company, Ajaokuta, Kogi State while many were injured.
An eyewitness said both vehicles had a head-on collision when the driver of the bus overtook another vehicle at a sharp bend.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr Solomon Agure, while confirming the accident, said three staff of the ceramics company died out of nine staff in the company’s vehicle.
He said the staff worked overnight and closed in the morning but unfortunately when their staff bus was taking them home, their vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle and three persons died on the spot.
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Four staff of BN Ceramics Company, Ajaokuta, have lost their lives in a fatal motor accident.
Our correspondent gathered that the accident, which involved the company bus and a Toyota car, occurred around 9.45am on Wednesday when they were on their way home from work.
According to a witness, the vehicles had a head-on collision when the bus driver overtook another vehicle at a sharp bend.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr Solomon Agure, while confirming the accident, said three of the nine staff members on the bus died on the spot.
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The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Kogi State Chapter, has described the invasion of BN Ceramics Company, Ajaokuta by some youths under the guise of Pan African Development Network Network as unacceptable, and called on security agencies to fish out those behind the invasion.
Recall that PAN African Youth Development Network had called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of Labour and Employment to look into the alleged slavery and injustice meted on Nigerian youth by the management of BN Ceramics Nigeria Limited.
The president of PAN African Youth Development Network Ambassador Habib Muhammad made the call when he led other members of the organisation to BN Ceramics Company owned by Chinese investors based in Ajaokuta, Kogi State.
The Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Mr Solomon Agure, while confirming the accident, said three staff of the ceramics company died out of nine staff in the company’s vehicle.