It is a tale of sorrow, tears and blood in Rivers State on Thursday as about 95 people were said to have been killed after a tanker exploded in Okogbe town in Ahoada East LGA of the state.
Olufamous.com gathered that the Federal Road Safety Commission has already recover about 80 bodies from the area where the tanker burst into flames.
“People were scooping fuel from the tanker when it exploded, casualty figures definitely high, and about 20 injured persons already taken to the hospitals. Thirty-four motor-cycles also got burnt,” FRSC Sector Commander in Rivers State, Kayode Olagunju, said.
May the souls of our country men and women who lost their lives rest in peace.
