Twenty-three people died when a truck carrying 45 persons with cows, skidded off the road and somersaulted into the bush on Bokani-Makera road in the Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State.
Niger State Police Commissioner, Mr Adamu Usman, who confirmed this, said the accident hap occurred at about 0500 hours.
He said the truck with registration number BBJ 666 XA was coming from Dadin Kowa in Kebbi State, en route to Lagos when the accident happened.
The police commissioner said about 22 other people who sustained injuries in the crash had been taken to the Mokwa General Hospital for treatment.
He added that the bodies of the dead victims were also taken to the same hospital for post-mortem.
Usman, who attributed the cause of the accident to loss of control by the driver, lamented the failure of drivers to obey traffic rules and regulations.
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