The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has set up a panel to unravel the immediate and remote cause of the deaths of its officers, who were believed to have been struck to death by thunderstorm on Wednesday.
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Five officers of the traffic control agency at its Ijebu Command in Ogun State were victims of a lightning strike that occurred during a heavy downpour on Wednesday morning while preparing to leave office to their duty post.
While three died, the others survived by a whisker but ostensibly with injuries.
The commission via its twitter handle, @FRSCNigeria, said it has set up a panel to investigate the regrettable incident.
It wrote: “…cause of the incident, the Corps Marshal has also set up a Board of inquiry and ordered immediate investigation with a view to ascertain all variables that led to the unfortunate occurrence.”
