90 k+lled, 50 inj¥red while scooping petrol from a fallen tanker in Jigawa

No fewer 90 people have been confirmed d3ad after a petrol-laden tanker exploded on the Kano-Hadejia expressway on Wednesday morning, October 16.

DSP Lawal Adams, spokesperson of the Jigawa police command, in a statement said the deceased were scooping petrol when the tanker exploded at Majiya village of Taura local government area of the state.

He added that resulting inferno left 50 others with varying degrees of inj¥ries.

“Today, a petrol tanker from Port Harcourt going to Nguru in Yobe State reached Majiya village of Taura local government area at around 12:30am when the driver lost control at Majiya and fell down.

The content in the tanker flooded gutters and drainages in the village. The villagers started fetching the fuel where the petrol going in to flame.

As a result, 95 people confirmed d3ad and 50 have been hospitalised receiving treatment,” Adams disclosed.