On Saturday, 21 athletes returning from a National Sports Tournament died in a bus accident on a Nigerian highway, stating that the accident could be the result of the fatigue or excess speed of the driver.The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said in the afternoon accident, which could not include other vehicles, “after an overnight travel” may be “as a result of fatigue and excessive speed”.The athletes were returning to the ears north of Nigeria from the 22nd National Sports Festival, about 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) in the south of the Ogun state.President said Tinubu recently said the Games, which included sports ranging from wheelchair basketball to traditional West African wrestling, represented “unity, power and flexibility that defined us as a nation”.Road accidents grow rapidly on the roads maintained by Nigeria and disregard traffic rules.According to FRSC data, Nigeria recorded 9,570 road accidents last year, resulting in 5,421 deaths.
