20 killed in Yobe as Bus Speeding to Beat Curfew, Crashes.

A speeding and overloaded bus crashed into a truck parked by a road near Pokiskum, Yobe State on Monday, killing 20 passengers.
The bus had set off from Kano and was headed to Potiskum, the commercial capital of Yobe state.
Potiskum has been attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram Islamists, and the insurgency had forced imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew in several areas.
The bus was reportedly speeding towards the city in order to beat the curfew when it crashed at roughly 17:00.
"A commercial bus carrying 22 passengers ran into a stationary truck" just outside Potiskum, said Sani Umar, an official with the state drivers union told the AFP news agency, noting that the vehicle was intended to carry just 17 people.
"The truck somersaulted several times on impact. ...We evacuated 20 dead bodies from the bus, with two seriously injured," he added.
He described speeding as the "likely cause," as drivers typically increase their speed as the curfew approaches to avoid being barred from entering the city when the military shuts off access at 18:00.