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Number of deaths from pipe explosion which transported fuel on the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in the north Nigeria, in Jigawa State, increased to at least 153, Local authorities reported this.

Jigawa police spokesman Lawan Siisu Adam confirmed late Wednesday 153 dead and More than a hundred people were hospitalized with injuries. According to local media.

Formerly the Nigeria National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)reported the death of 147 people in a statement released Wednesday.

As Adam detailed in a previous statement, the accident occurred when The truck was coming from the city of Port Harcourt, in the southern Rivers state, towards the city of Nguru, in Yobe (northern) state.

When the pipe “reached the town of Majia in the city of Taura (in Jigawa) at about 00:30, the driver lost control“, causing the vehicle to overturn,” the spokesman said.

“The contents of the tanker flooded the city sewer and drains. The townspeople began to look for gasoline, but then fuel caught fire“Adam explained.

In videos published on social networks you can see huge fire and column of smoke the black color is caused by an explosion in an area where there are buildings and vegetation.

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Many of the dead buried in mass graves on Wednesday were burned beyond recognition, and some were covered with tree branches for protection. protect spectators’ bodies who was approaching the scene of the incident.

Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubuconveyed “his heartfelt prayers and support to the government and people of Jigawa at this time of tragic loss and pain,” his special adviser on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement.

Tinubu assured that the Federal Government, in collaboration with states, is “committed to a rapid and complete review transport security protocols fuel throughout the country.”

The President also called on the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to “strengthen measures on night travel such as increased patrolling, stricter enforcement of safety rules and other measures.” road safety mechanisms.

Tinubu further stressed, according to the official note, that “those responsible for security breaches will be held accountable, reaffirming the government’s unwavering commitment to ensuring that Similar incidents will not be repeated“.

These types of accidents involving tanker trucks carrying fuel relatively common in Nigeria, one of Africa’s great oil powers.

September 8, An accident on a major highway in Niger State, in the north-central part of the country, led to the explosion of a fuel tanker and resulted in death of at least 59 people.

(EFE)