Yemisi Izuora
The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) on Thursday,,assured that victims of the Lagos train accident would be adequately compensated if they have insurance cover.
The Council also commiserated with Lagos State Government and victims over the Thursday’s train crash with a staff bus which claimed six lives and injured many.
The train operated by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) collided with a Lagos state Government staff bus at Sogunle/ Ikeja axis of the state on Thursday morning.
At least six persons in the bus were confirmed dead, while 80 others sustained various injuries.
The ill-fated bus, with Lagos registration number 04A- 48LA, number 33, was heading to Alausa, Ikeja from Isolo, and in the process of beating other motorists at the PWD rail crossing, collided with a moving train.
The NCRIB President, Mr Rotimi Edu, in a statement in Lagos, said the death of the six victims and injury sustained by many others, who were mainly public servants with the state government, was disheartening.
The Council’s President called for proper management and control of railway authority’s level crossing, especially in busy or high density areas to avert similar disaster in the future.
Edu assured that any of the victims’ dependents or those injured and were insured would be adequately compensated by the insurance industry.
He commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for declaring three-days of mourning, including a halt of electioneering campaigns in honour of the victims.
