Mr Sani said that the excursion was designed to expose pupils to real-life agricultural practices beyond classroom teaching.
Mr Abdullahi said the service was investigating the cause of the fire.
The vice-chairman of NSP, Olubumi Peters, issued the alert during the annual stakeholder’s flood sensitisation forum.
He said the crash involved a Mercedes Benz Tipper conveying 31 passengers to a burial ceremony.
The sector commander added that the deceased and those injured were taken to the general hospital in Ogoja.
The corps said that 158 vehicles were involved in the crashes while 258 persons sustained varying degrees of injury.
The officers pounced on Mr Mumin at the airport where he was scheduled to travel to Nairobi, Kenya for medical treatment.
The company advised the riparian communities to relocate to safer uplands ahead of the floods.
Mr Hassan said that the accident occurred at Biase Local Government Area in the early hours of Tuesday.
Among those arrested is a former convict, 25-year-old Alti Shehu, arrested by the command some years back.
