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This happened in Mile 2, Lagos. pic.twitter.com/GqU04jHWk0
There was drama on Tuesday as a
petrol-laden tanker ran into a container lorry in the Mile 2 area of Lagos
State.
It was gathered that the tanker
driver, had in a bid to avoid a mild traffic, ignored the directives of
officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and rammed into the
container lorry around 11am.
Our correspondent learnt that the
tanker was punctured by the side as a result of the crash, causing intense fuel
spillage that sent shivers down the spines of commuters and traders in the
area.
An eyewitness, Gabriel Adekunle,
while blaming the tanker driver for the incident, said it would have been
averted if he had obeyed the LASTMA officials directing traffic in the area.
Adekunle stated, “The tanker
driver was not patient as the LASTMA officials had directed him to go through
another route, but he ignored them and drove in another direction. It was when
he ignored the officials that he ran into
the container lorry, which punctured it and fuel started spilling on to
the road.
“Because of the hardship in the
country, people around the area started using bowls to steal the fuel. But some
community members, traders and drivers’ union members at the garage cautioned
them against scooping the fuel for fear of an explosion.
“It is wrong to say that hoodlums
were the ones, who punctured the tanker to scoop fuel; the driver was the one
at fault because he refused to obey the LASTMA officials.”
Another eyewitness, Adewale
Adejumo, said the remaining fuel in the tanker was tansferred to another
tanker, adding that the incident caused gridlock in the area.
Adejumo stated, “Policemen and LASTMA
officials cautioned the people against scooping the fuel to avoid a fire
incident. The remaining fuel in the punctured tanker was transferred to another
tanker, but the incident caused serious gridlock under the bridge at Mile 2.
“The tanker driver was driving
inward Orile when the accident occurred; it was the LASTMA officials, who
informed the fire service and it took their personnel around 45 minutes to get
to the scene. Normalcy has been restored in the area and the vehicles have been
removed from the road.”
However, Nigerians condemned
those, who took advantage of the situation to steal fuel, while ignoring the
inherent danger.
Notable among those who reacted
to the incident was Michael Collins, aka Don Jazzy, who wrote on his Instagram
handle, “Poverty won’t allow us to be educated or have common sense.”
When contacted, the acting
General Manager, Lagos State Fire Service, Margaret Adeseye, said personnel of
the agency, who were mobilised to the scene, used chemicals to neutralise the
fuel that was spilt on the road to prevent a fire outbreak.
“My men were at the scene to
rescue the situation and prevent an inferno. We cannot rule out the chances of
people scooping fuel, so our men were on the ground to prevent the situation
from escalating and used chemicals to neutralise the spilled fuel to prevent a
fire outbreak,” Adeseye stated.
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