The FRSC Tollgate Unit Commander, Mr Adewale Ameen, confirmed the incident.
He said the accident involved an 18-seater bus and a Mercedes-Benz truck belonging to a Pentecostal church.
Ameen, who said that the accident happened early Wednesday, attributed it to fatigue on the part of the bus driver.
He said the driver rammed the bus into a stationary truck while driving from Lagos to Benin.
"Although the bus driver survived, eight passengers in the bus died," he said.
The unit commander explained that it was an "avoidable accident, because the truck parked well away from the road".
"From my interaction with the survivors, they had consistently warned the diver about his recklessness before the accident occurred.
"They were coming from Lagos after an all night prayer session before the accident," Ameen said.
( NAN)
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