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No fewer than 30 people were in Tuesday been burnt to death in a tanker explosion in Essan and Badeggi communities along the Bida-Agaie Road in Katcha Local Government area of Niger State.<\/p>\n
About 40 others sustained various degrees of injuries.<\/p>\n
It was gathered the victims were scooping petroleum products from a fallen tanker when it exploded, leaving some bodies burnt beyond recognition.<\/p>\n
The injured were reportedly rushed to nearby hospitals in the area for treatment.<\/p>\n
Farouk Mohammed Kawo, the Niger State Chairman of Tanker Drivers and NUPENG disclosed that the tanker was transporting petroleum products from Lagos to the North.<\/p>\n
He lamented that over 30 similar vehicles were involved in accidents in the same area this October alone and also decried the habit of residents from scooping oil from accident-prone vehicles.<\/p>\n
Kawo cited a recent incident where a groundnut oil tanker overturned and its contents were scooped by residents.<\/p>\n
He appealed to Governor Mohammed Umar Bago\u2019s administration to urgently grade the affected road to prevent further calamity.<\/p>\n
The chairman harped on the need for government\u2019s intervention to address the recurring accidents on roads in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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