The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed that 411 Nigerians d!ed in 2024 while attempting to scoop fuel from fallen tankers
The Benue State Sector Commander, Mr Steve Ayodele, made the disclosure on Tuesday in Makurdi during a town hall meeting with trailer and tanker drivers on crash prevention.
He explained that the fatalities accounted for 7.6 per cent of all road traffic deaths recorded in 2024, stressing that the impact went beyond the number of lives lost.
The meeting, held under the theme “Discourage Fuel Scooping and Other Anti-Road Traffic Attitudes,” was convened to address practices that escalate accidents into major disasters.
“Tanker explosions often cause life-threatening burns and destroy shops, vehicles, and infrastructure, while also deepening the economic hardships of victims’ families.
“Fuel scooping and other anti-traffic behaviours were turning avoidable road accidents into major disasters.
“Tanker and trailer crashes often leave behind devastating consequences, worsening tragedies with unsafe conduct of people at crash sites.
“Fuel scooping, reckless driving, disobedience to traffic rules, and roadside trading near accident-prone areas are actions that put lives at risk.
“Fuel scooping has become one of the deadliest practices on Nigerian roads. Instead of recognising spilt fuel as a hazard, many Nigerians rush to collect it.
“We have witnessed tragic incidents where lives were lost due to fires caused by this reckless act,” Ayodele said.
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RIP to the ones who died because of poverty in the land