BREAKING: One Feared Dead As Fuel Laden Tanker Explodes In Abeokuta

BREAKING: One Feared Dead As Fuel Laden Tanker Explodes In Abeokuta—Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital was in disarray on Tuesday as a petrol laden tanker exploded on the Presidential Boulevard Road, Kuto.

The Genius Media Nigeria reports that the incident which occurred around 8:15 am was said to have claimed the life of a yet-to-be identified person.

According to report, the 33,000-fuel laden tanker, crashed due to a break failure.

The tanker which was coming from Sagamu-Siun-Oke-Mosan Road climbed the overhead bridge but suddenly lost control while descending from the bridge.

The tanker hit a motorcycle which was in motion and rammed into some commercial vehicles waiting for passengers at the end of the bridge.

Shortly after it rammed into the scores of the vehicles, it exploded.

As of the time of filing this report, some officials of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps were seen at the scene controlling the traffic.