The spokesman for the Niger State Police Command, Mr. Richard Oguche, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna.
Oguche said that irate youths protesting against the accident burnt a police patrol vehicle and the Federal Road Safety Commission office in the area.He said the 18-seater bus, which was conveying the passengers from Lagos to Kaduna, ran into an abandoned articulated vehicle parked by the roadside. All the passengers and the driver were burnt beyond recognition.
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