In the early hours of today,  a commercial Toyota House Bus with registration number (, NSW 216 XA) fully loaded with pepper and other edible items rammed into 2 Volkswagen commercial buses and killed a male pedestrian at Ketu by Demuri Junction inward Kosofe, Lagos. 

According to the press release by the  Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Mr. Adebayo Taofiq confirmed the multiple fatal accidents. 

It was gathered that the Inter-State Toyota Hiace commercial bus was at a high speed and lost control due to brake failure, rammed into another 2 commercial Volkswagen buses, and killed a male pedestrian waiting to board a bus at Ketu Bus Stop. 

A female passenger inside one of the Volkswagen commercial buses was trapped and rescued by LASTMA personnel and immediately handed over to officials of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASMBUS) 

The commercial bus driver was apprehended by LASTMA personnel and policemen from Alapere Police Station who provided security backup during the rescue operations. 

LASTMA Olawaye Olugbenga, the Head of Zone 32 Ketu, who led the rescue operations confirmed that his team immediately evacuated all the commercial buses involved in the multiple accidents to pave the way for an unhindered free vehicular movement inward Kosofe, Mile 12 area. 

The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki appealed to pedestrians to always stay at government-designated bus stops to board commercial buses and warned both commercial and private car drivers to stop over-speeding and ensure their vehicles are properly checked before embarking on any journey.