At least 13 school children died in Lagos on Tuesday after a truck reportedly suffered a brake failure and rammed into them.
Eye witnesses on the scene said the children were returning from school when the incident happened.
The exact number of casualties is yet to be ascertained.
The accident happened along Isheri Road, just before the Ojodu police station.
Businesses along the road have shut down while vehicular traffic is grounded.
Witnesses said the truck driver ran into the children just outside Ojodu Grammar School and sped away.
“He was pursued and caught around Ogba and was brought back to the station. That is why the youth are attacking the police station.”
Adekunle Ajisebutu, the police spokesperson in Lagos, said the casualty figure is yet to be confirmed.
“We are on top of the situation,” said Mr Ajisebutu, a chief superintendent of police.
“Adequate policemen are on ground to maintain law and order. The situation is being professionally handled.”
As of the time of filing this report, angry youth had vandalized trucks around the area and were throwing stones into the police station.
Meanwhile, police officers have barricaded their gates and are firing gunshots and tear gas canisters at intervals from inside the station.
On Sunday, residents of Adelayo Street in Jah-Michael community, Olorunda area of Lagos have been thrown into commotion following the discovery of the lifeless body of eight children inside a Honda Pilot jeep with registration number AAA157BD parked inside a fenced house.
The lifeless body of the children aged between four to nine years old were discovered at about 5pm on Saturday evening when Saliat Kazeem who wanted to feed her granddaughter raised alarm that the children were trapped inside the vehicle.
Saliat Kazeem, the owner of the building where the incident happened was asleep when the children, including her granddaughter entered and got trapped inside the vehicle and died of suffocation.
