An Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court, on Wednesday, remanded one Ibrahim Muntari, in Ilesa Correctional Centre for allegedly causing the death of commuters in a road accident that occurred along the Ife/Ibadan expressway.
The PUNCH had earlier reported that five students of Osun State University, Osogbo, alongside other passengers, lost their lives in the accident that occurred last Sunday in Ikire.
The accident involved a bus that the defendant drove, heading towards the Ibadan end of the dual carriageway and an 18-passenger bus, conveying the deceased, going towards the Ibadan end.
UNIOSUN students who died in the road accident include Olagbemide Olaoluwadotun, Funmilola Mary Olawuyi, Ogundare Oluwapelumi Rhoda, Ogundare Ayomide, and Farooq Suleiman.
Appearing before a magistrate on Wednesday, Olusegun Ayilara, the defendant, was arraigned on eight counts of reckless driving that caused death, violation of traffic rules and driving without valid vehicle papers. (Punch)