Police confirm 90 dead, 50 injured in Jigawa tanker explosion
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At about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Majia Town, Taura local government area of Jigawa, the tanker driver lost control near Khadija University and it exploded.
By Aisha Ahmed
The Police have explained how about 90 people died following a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa state on Tuesday.
Mr Shi’isu Adam, the Police Spokesperson in Jigawa, confirmed the incident on Wednesday.
He also said that 50 others had been hospitalised for varying degree of injury due to the explosion.
”At about 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday in Majia Town, Taura local government area of Jigawa, the tanker driver lost control near Khadija University and it exploded.
“The driver left Kano and was heading to Nguru in Yobe when the accident happened,” Adam said.
He said: ”We are worried that in-spite of police warning for people to steer clear from scenes of accidents involving fuel tankers, they still engage in such acts.
”People gathered around the accident scene, that is the reason for the mass casualty,” he said
The spokesperson said that a mass burial of the victims would hold by 9 a.m. on Wednesday.
He added that the injured were receiving medical attention at the Ringim General Hospital.(NAN)
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