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The Federal Road Safety Corps,
FRSC, Kogi State Command, has confirmed the death of twenty-three (23) persons
in a tanker explosion that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday along
Felele – Nataco axis of Abuja – Lokoja road.
The
accident involved a tanker loaded with petroleum product, a school bus, cars,
tricycles and motorcycles.
Confirming the incident on
Wednesday afternoon, the Kogi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety
Corps, Mr Idris Ali gave the figures of the victims to include ten adult males,
six female adults, three female children and four other children burnt beyond
recognition.
Mr Ali, however, said one child
escaped death with injury.
The Sector Commander said ten
vehicles including five cars, one taker, three tricycles and two motorcycles
were involved in the accident.
He added that eleven of the
corpses have already been claimed by their relatives while the rest have been
deposited in the morgue at the Kogi State Specialist hospital, Lokoja.
An eyewitness account said the
tanker failed break at GT Plaza at Felele and rammed into the vehicles in its
front causing the fatal accident.
A whole family of six who were
caught in the inferno all died before help could come their way.
Our reporter gathered that
sympathizers watched helplessly as no fire fighting vehicles from the state or
federal fire services came to the scene to put off the fire.
Meanwhile, the Governor of Kogi
State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has expressed shock over the unfortunate fatal
tanker explosion which took place in the early hours of Wednesday 23,
September, around the Felele area of Lokoja metropolis.
In a statement by Onogwu
Muhammed, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, the Governor is very sad to
learn of the tragic loss of lives in the petrol tanker explosion.
Governor Bello in the statement
expressed his deepest condolences to the family of those affected by the ugly
incidence.
He said, “this is sadly the
greatest tragedies the state has witnessed in recent times. The unfortunate
accident is a sad development. I share the feeling of those who lost their
loved ones in this incident”.
The Governor also urged the
students of Kogi State Polytechnic to remain calm and peaceful, stating that he
equally shared in their grieving moment over the death of some of their
colleagues in the disaster”.
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