Two female students have tragically lost their lives in a fatal accident on the Felele stretch of the Abuja-Lokoja highway in Kogi State.
Several others were injured in the incident, which occurred around 7 am on Friday near the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja Staff Quarters.
The accident was caused when a heavily loaded trailer, reportedly having brake failure, collided with a Keke NAPEP, resulting in the immediate deaths of two passengers.
One of the deceased victims was identified as Covenant Omolola Isaac, a student from the Department of Geology at the Federal University Lokoja.
The other victim, Abu Taiwo Abimbola, was from the Department of Science Laboratory Technology at Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja.
Abimbola, an HND II student, was said to have been on her way to complete her final paper for the ongoing first-semester examination at the polytechnic.
According to a classmate, she had mentioned earlier that she planned to go home for the Christmas holidays after finishing her exams.
Witnesses said the collision between the Keke NAPEP and the trailer was violent, with both students being ejected from the vehicle and crushed by the speeding truck.
The Keke driver survived, though he sustained injuries.
The death of Abimbola was confirmed by Comrade Akor Caleb Kelvin, the president of the National Association of Science Laboratory and Technology Students, Kogi State Polytechnic.
He expressed his grief in a statement, mourning the loss of their “cherished member” and expressing deep sorrow over the tragedy.
Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Williams Aya, confirmed the incident and stated that the bodies of the two students had been retrieved and taken to a Lokoja hospital for further processing.
The police also verified the identities of the deceased, confirming that one was a student from the Federal University Lokoja and the other from Kogi State Polytechnic.
