A tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on Tuesday morning crashed and exploded at Banire/Ejigbadero Bus Stop, in the Egbeda area of Lagos State.
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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A tanker conveying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) on Tuesday morning crashed and exploded at Banire/Ejigbadero Bus Stop, in Egbeda area of Lagos State.
Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, NEMA, confirmed the development in Lagos.
Farinloye said NEMA received an alert at 12.20a.m. that the tanker which was said to have loaded at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area had exploded, causing panic among the residents of the locality.
“He said: No life was lost or property destroyed.
“However, the tanker with no registration number, is still half filled with PMS and across the major highway.
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Confirming the incident to NAN, Ibrahim Farinloye, south west zonal coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the agency received an alert at 12.20am that the tanker had exploded, causing panic among the residents of the locality.
“No life was lost or property destroyed,” he added.
“However, the tanker with no registration number, is still half filled with PMS and across the major highway.
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“The Police Disaster Management Unit and Gowon Estate Police Station have apprehended the driver of the truck and his motor boy (assistant).”
Farinloye said efforts were being made to transfer the content to another tanker before the road could be opened for traffic.
Resident of Egbeda in Lagos experienced an usual traffic on Tuesday morning following a tanker explosion which occurred around midnight. The ever-busy Idimu road where the accident occurred has been cordoned off, forcing motorists to ply internal routes. This has compounded the traffic logjam in the area as students and workers were stranded while passengers […]