By Boluwaji Obahopo

LOKOJA—Six  persons were reportedly killed on Saturday, while 12 others were injured in a ghastly motor accident that occurred along Anyigba-Ajaokuta Road in Kogi State.

Vanguard gathered that the accident, which involved a Toyota bumper bus with number plates MKD 841 XA and a Golf car with number plates LKJ 335 CV, occurred at Ojuwo-Olijo in Ofu LGA of the state.

Confirming the story, Assistant Corps Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mrs Amobi Stanley, said the accident occurred Saturday afternoon.

According to her, the dead passengers have been deposited at Rima Hospital, Anyigba, while the injured are receiving treatments at the same hospital.

She attributed the cause of the accident to dangerous overtaking.