Eighteen persons reportedly died on Sunday in a multiple accident at the Alapako /Ogunmakin, Ogun State end of the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway.
The victims were travelling to Lagos from Ibadan , Oyo State, in a Mazda commercial bus, with the number plate , KJA 278 DS , when the vehicle had a head - on collision with a Ford Explorer Jeep , marked GGE 873 XU , which was coming from the opposite direction.
 The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps , said the accident was caused by wrongful overtaking .
He said, “ The 18 passengers on the bus died . The driver of the commercial bus was trying to overtake another vehicle when the bus had a head- on collision with an oncoming Ford Explorer Jeep."