Seven persons died in an explosion after a commercial bus collided with a petrol tanker at Ajilete on the Idiroko expressway on Wednesday.
The FRSC Idiroko unit commander, Akinwunmi Olaluwoye, added that two other persons sustained injuries in the incident.
Mr Olaluwoye said that the accident happened at about 8:45 a.m.
The unit commander said that the bus was speeding and rammed into the tanker, laden with 33 litres of petroleum products while it was ascending the sloppy Ajilete road.
He said that nine persons were involved in the accident which claimed seven lives, leaving two others with various degrees of injuries.