About 20 students of the department of Political science,Ekiti State University (EKSU) on their journey back from Abuja for the 2016/17 academic trip were involved in a ghastly motor accident. The trip was led by a senior lecturer of the department and the president of the department.

In the Bus were 20 students of the department. The accident occurred at the Lokoja-Abuja express road, according to one of the victim,he said the accident happened after one of the bus tyres got bursted which made the car lose its control from the main road to the bush. .

Everybody in the Bus survived but few were injured.