Days After Explosion, Niger Residents Scoop Oil From Another Faulty Tanker
Just two days after the tanker explosion, which killed 90 people and also left scores injured in Niger State, residents massed around another fallen truck in another community.
The fresh incident occurred in Bida town on Monday.
In a widely circulated video online, young people were seen milling around the broken-down truck.
While some managed to scoop, others fled in different directions, apparently to prevent being caught up in an unfortunate situation.
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Yinusa Jiya, a resident, according to Premium Times, said, “The people were not even afraid despite earlier assumption that it was petrol.”
Another eyewitness, Fatimah Mohammed, told the newspaper that the tanker was carrying groundnut oil.
“It fell around AYM Shafa filling station yesterday (Monday), and residents stole huge amounts of the groundnut oil dripping from the tanker,” she added.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
