Two days after scores of people were burnt to de.ath or injured when a fallen petrol tanker exploded in Niger State, another tanker fell in Bida town of Niger State on Monday
However, Fatimah Mohammed, a resident of Bida, told Premium Times that the tanker was carrying groundnut oil.
“It fell around AYM Shaffa filling station yesterday,” she said, adding that residents stole huge amounts of the groundnut oil dripping from the tanker.
“People were not even afraid,” another resident, Yinusa Jiya, said. “Earlier, we thought it was petrol.”
This came two days after the deadly tanker explosion that killed about 98 people around Dikko Junction, Gurara LGA, Niger State.
The Saturday tanker explosion also injured about 55 others.
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) said on Sunday that 86 bodies were given a mass burial while the injured were receiving treatment in various hospitals.
Authorities have blamed citizens for the devasting loss of lives and injuries in the explosion, saying the fire was ignited by those trying to scoop fuel.
Such incidents are common in Niger State. On 8 September 2024, more than 50 travellers died in a midnight tanker explosion along the Agaie-Badeggi road.
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