Kogi government assures support for victims of tanker accident fire

The Kogi State Government has expressed daze astatine the tragic roadworthy mishap successful Okunchi Ward of Adavi Local Government Area and assured affected families and residents of its afloat enactment successful the aftermath of the disaster.

Leading a authorities authorities delegation, the State Project Coordinator of the Kogi AGILE Project, Alhaji Ahmed Tijani Oricha, visited the assemblage connected behalf of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo to measure the concern and present condolences to the affected community.

A head-on collision betwixt a diesel-laden tanker and a motortruck belonging to BUA Cement sparked a monolithic inferno, arsenic the occurrence engulfed some vehicles and dispersed to adjacent structures, leaving each occupants of the tanker burnt beyond recognition. A residential gathering and a mosque were besides destroyed; however, nary lives were mislaid successful those structures.

In a related development, a mates connected a motorcycle was caught successful the aftermath of the mishap owed to diesel spillage, starring to the decease of the husband, who died instantly aft losing power of the bike, portion his woman sustained superior injuries and is presently receiving treatment.

The ward councillor ...