We will open today’s account of the weekend newsmagazine with this tragic story of not less than fifty persons losing their lives in a petrol tanker explosion on Saturday along Dikko-Maje road opposite Badeggi fuelling station in Suleja local government area of Niger State.
Federal Road Safety Commander in Niger State, Mr Kumar Tsukwam, confirmed this to the Newsmen in Minna.
He said a loaded petrol tanker fell at the scene of the incident with people scooping the spilling fuel, unaware of the impending danger.
Mr. Tsukwam said those who went to scoop fuel were engulfed by the flames just as those who went to rescue them were also affected.
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