Following the tragic petrol tanker explosion that claimed a number of lives and injured quite a few others in Dikko Junction, Niger State on Saturday, Governor Mohammed Umaru-Bago has expressed disappointment over the devastating incident.
Saturday Telegraph had earlier reported {that a} petrol tanker fell at Dikko junction across the Abuja-Kaduna expressway on Saturday morning and exploded after some residents of the realm went to scoop its content material.
Reacting to the large loss of life from the incident, Governor Bago in a press release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim, described the explosion as worrisome, heartbreaking and unlucky.
The Governor sympathised with the households of the victims of the explosion and prayed that Allah would repose the souls of the departed and heal the injured.
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Nonetheless, the Governor cautioned the folks to at all times be accountable and provides precedence to their security.
He directed all of the related Ministries, Departments, and Businesses, MDAs to do what was mandatory whereas urging the Safety Brokers to make sure safety within the space.
It was additional gathered scores had been burnt to loss of life, whereas a number of others sustained varied levels of bur following the explosion.
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