A fully loaded petrol
tanker on Saturday exploded at Dabi in Kebbi, killing five people and injuring
six others.
The tanker was heading
to Mahuta in Kebbi when the driver lost control of the vehicle on the hilly
Dabai junction resulting in the fall of the vehicle and subsequent explosion.
The accident also left
12 houses and some vehicles parked by the roadside destroyed by the resultant
inferno.
The Dabai-Suru and
Dabai- Mahuta road junction also serve as a market, especially for fresh
fruits.
The Kebbi deputy
governor, who also hails from Dabai, Alhaji Samaila Yombe, was among early
visitors to the scene of the accident.
Yombe condoled with
relatives of the victims, the Emir of Zuru, Alhaji Sani Sami, the Chairman of
Zuru Local Government Area, Alhaji Ibrahim Rumu.
He pledged to offset
the medical bills of the hospitalized.
The deputy governor
said the State Emergency Management Agency had
been directed to provide prompt
relief material those who lost shops, household property, livestock and food
crops to the inferno.
A resident of the
area, El-Yakub Dabai, described the incident as unfortunate and hoped
authorities would sensitize heavy duty vehicles on how drive through tricky
terrain
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