The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Enugu State Command, Franklin Agbakoba, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria.
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Governor Mbah was at the Ugwu-Onyeama scene of the accident that claimed no fewer than 11 lives for an on-the-spot assessment.
This, according to a statement by the agency on Tuesday, was in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive and the Federal Government’s commitment to assisting the community in recovering from the disaster.
Abdullahi Baba-Arah, Director General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria.
The order by the governor on Saturday followed an explosion from a tanker bearing petrol that claimed over 77 lives in the state on the same day.
The News Agency of Nigeria is reporting that the Sunday morning incident occurred along the Bida-Agaie-Lapai Expressway.
The victims had stormed the Nigeria Union of Journalists Press Center on Thursday to register their protest
The Sector Commander of the FRSC, Ahmed Umar, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Ota, Ogun, that the accident occurred at about 6.05 a.m. near CDK Company.
Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Ahmed Umar confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta.
The incident occurred around Tunji Alegi Filling Station, Kwakyama, at Ogere, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Earlier, FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, Ahmed Umar, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria, saying that it occurred at about 6.20 a.m.
Recall that twelve people were reported killed in the Sunday tanker explosion at Oshigbudu and several houses set ablaze.
Gawu community shares boundary with new-Gawu in Suleja, Niger State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that official sources on Wednesday confirmed that about 25 persons lost their lives following a petrol tanker explosion on the particular portion of the highway.
This was contained in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, in Lokoja on Thursday.
The Federal Road Safety Corps on Tuesday confirmed the death of one person, while three others sustained various degrees of burns in a petrol tanker explosion at a welder’s workshop in Amawbia area of Awka in Anambra.
No fewer than six buildings and shops were burnt on Wednesday at Upper Iweka, on Onitsha/Awka Road in Onitsha, after a 33,000 litre Diesel tanker fell and caught fire.
Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger has commiserated with victims of patrol tanker explosion which occurred around Diko-junction on the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Friday night.
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency has confirmed the death of one person while 10 others were injured in a petrol tanker explosion at Dikko-junction on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway.
Senator Tayo Alasoadura, representing Ondo Central Senatorial District on Saturday donated N2 million to victims of the recent Akure tanker explosion, to alleviate their plight.