5 Burnt To Death As Petrol Tanker Explodes On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

No fewer than 5 burnt to death as tanker explodes on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on the early hour of Wednesday. 

The accident occurred at about 4:46 am, around the Tunji Alegi Filling Station Kwakyama area of Ogere on the expressway.

No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead after a petrol tanker burst into flames yesterday morning at the Ogere section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Confirming the incident in a statement, the Ogun State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ahmed Umar, said that the accident occurred at about 4:46 am, around the Tunji Alegi Filling Station Kwakyama area of Ogere on the expressway.

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“The FRSC wishes to inform the motoring public of the fire incident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, which occurred in the early hours of today, involving a petrol tanker laden with Premium Motors Spirit (PMS), around the Tunji Alegi Filling Station Kwakyama area of Ogere.

“This development called for caution as the spill has affected some other vehicles parked at the shoulder of the road,“ the FRSC sector commander stated in the statement.

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Umar further said that a total of five vehicles were involved in the inferno and urged motorists to cooperate with traffic managers, so as to reduce hours spent in the traffic gridlock.

The sector commander added that the Fire Service in Sagamu, Police Traffic Division Ogere, and Gateway Police Station, Old Tollgate, Ogere, had been contacted.

“Meanwhile, the FRSC operatives at Ogere are on ground to manage the traffic situation, in order to reduce discomfort inflicted by the development.

“The traffic has been diverted to avoid secondary crashes and unnecessary loss of lives and property on the road.

“Motorists are, hereby, enjoined to take alternative routes to avoid spending several hours in the traffic gridlock,” Umar submitted.

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