About 20 people, mostly youths, were burnt to death
yesterday when a petrol tanker from Lagos exploded at Kudu village in Mokwa
Local Government, Niger State
An eyewitness told our reporter that the tanker fell because
of the bad condition of the Mokwa/Bida Road. Immediately it fell, villagers,
mostly youths, trooped to the scene to scoop petrol from the ground. The tanker
later exploded.
Efforts by the village head and policemen to disperse the
youths were not successful.
“The refusal of the boys to heed the advice was responsible
for the high number of casualty,” the source said.
Confirming the incident, police spokesman Pius Edobor put
the casualty figure at 16 and said those injured are being treated at the
General Hospital, Mokwa.
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