Mr Abdullahi said the injured victims were taken to Murtala Mohammed General Hospital, Kano.
“It was a devastating scene, because the train was at high speed, full speed,” said Sudhanshu Sarangi, the chief of Odisha’s fire service, who had arrived at the scene.
Florence Okpe, the spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident in Abeokuta.
At least one person has been killed after a passenger train derailed in the Netherlands early on Tuesday.
He said it took the corps barely 15 minutes to clear the site at the crash scene.
Following the rescue, the fire brigade tried to resuscitate the victims, as they were thought to be suffering from smoke inhalation.
The driver of the bus, who also sustained injuries, fled the scene, apparently for fear of a mob attack.
He said in a statement issued by his media aide, Garba Shehu, that the accident was distressing and extremely sad.
Some teachers were believed to be aboard the passenger bus run by the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit department.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 324 people were killed and 1,706 wounded in road crashes in Kogi in 2022.
