Over Speeding Fuel Tanker, Lost Control, Explodes In Niger State

The incident occurred at a boundary between Agaie and Lapai LGAs around 6pm on Monday, January 27, 2025.

This comes a week after a fuel tanker explosion at Dikko in Gurara LGA of Niger State, left at least 98 persons d3ad, with many others severely injured.

A resident of Lapai, Mallam Mahmud Abubakar, said the tanker fell and was engulfed in fire while trying to overtake another truck.

Abubakar further revealed that a tanker exploded on the spot last week.

While attributing Tuesday’s incident to over speeding and loss of control, he said last week’s explosion occurred when the tanker rammed into a stationary truck parked by the road, causing both trucks to burn.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the incident said no life was lost.

“There was a lone fuel tanker accident with a .fire explosion along Agaie/Lapai road,” the PPRO stated.

“The fuel tanker with Reg. No. DKA 03 A, driven by one Shamsudeen Dayabu of Matazun Local Government Area of Katsina State on transit from Lagos to Kaduna and loaded with 40,000 litres of PMS.

“No life was lost during the incident as the road was temporarily closed, but normalcy was later restored for road users.”