Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kogi State Command, has confirmed the death of 23 persons in a tanker explosion which occured in Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi state.
MDB earlier reported how the inferno started after a petrol tanker rammed into oncoming vehicles around 8am on Wednesday.
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Asides the lives that were lost, a school bus, cars, tricycles, and motorcycles were destroyed, the FRSC sector commander in Lokoja, Idris Fika, PremiumTimes reports.
Fika stated that a total of 23 corpses, including 10 adult males, six female adults, three female and four male children were evacuated from the scene.
According to him, the deceased have been deposited in the morgue at the Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja for their relatives to recover them for burial.
In addition, a little boy escaped death with minor injuries. He has been treated and taken home by his parents.
Fika expressed that some corps officers were deployed to the scene for traffic maintenance.
He said;
They will ensure that the unhindered movement is restored back to the place.
Meanwhile, the governor of the state, Yahaya Bello has sympathised with the families of the deceased and called for calm, after his wife, Rashida Bello and his deputy, Edward Onoja, visited the scene in the afternoon.
Watch some videos from the scene of incident below;
It was black day in Lokoja as a tanker accident, which resulted in fire, has killed many people in #lokoja, Kogi State.
Among those burnt to death are school children, traders and pedestrians along Lokoja. pic.twitter.com/Mc3WMMgEB8
— Oxie TV (@OxieTV) September 23, 2020
School Children, Over 20 Others Burnt To Death As #Tanker #Explodes In Kogi. tanker accident, which resulted in fire, has killed many people in Lokoja, Kogi State, city in #Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/2T1DodcE41
— GoldMyne (@GoldmyneTV) September 23, 2020
#Nigeria A tanker accident, which resulted in fire, has killed many people in #lokoja , Kogi State. Among those burnt to death are school children, traders and pedestrians along Lokoja-#AbujaRoad #Video #Nigerians #nigeriannews pic.twitter.com/StLOiRQQ3a
— Vivek Bajpai विवेक बाजपेयी (@vivekbajpai84) September 23, 2020
