TRAGEDY: Another Petrol Tanker Crash Kills 5 In Kebbi State

When it seemed like the dust was clearing
over frequent tanker crashes in Nigeria,
another has occurred in Kebbi state.
According to Premium Times, a fully-
loaded petrol tanker crashed on Saturday
when the driver lost control on the hilly
Dabai junction at Dabi, Kebbi state which
caused the bus to swerve, fall and
explode.
It was gathered that at least five people
were killed while another six sustained
injuries.
The tanker was reportedly heading to
Mahuta in Kebbi when it crashed and its
explosion left 12 houses and some
vehicles parked by the roadside
destroyed.
A popular fresh fruit market is located at
the the Dabai-Suru and Dabai- Mahuta
road junctions.
One of the early visitors at the scene was
Kebbi Deputy Governor, Samaila Yombe,
who hails from Dabai. He sympathized
with relatives of the victims and also the
Emir of Zuru, Sani Sami, and Chairman
of Zuru Local Government Area, Ibrahim
Rumu.
The deputy governor promised to pay the
medical bills of victims in hospital.
The deputy added that Emergency
Management Agency were told to
provide relief materials to victims who
lost shops, household property, livestock
and food crops to the explosion.
Resident of the area, El-Yakub Dabai,
who weighed in on the situation said the
accident was unfortunate and called on
the responsible organisations to train the
drivers how to manipulate tricky terrain.
In a related development, 12
undergraduates of the Olabisi Onabanjo
University (OOU) Ago – Iwoye, have
reportedly lost their lives after a
container fell on a passenger bus they
were traveling in.
The fatal accident occurred along the
Sagamu stretch of the Lagos/Benin
expressway, on Friday, June 26 when the
truck marked (LAGOS) BDG 779 X,
carrying the container drove against
traffic and rammed into a Toyota Haiace
passenger bus bearing (Lagos) XV 311
MUS, dropping the container atop of the
roof of the bus, killing 12 occupants,
including the driver.