From John Adams, Minna
Barely four days after a fuel tanker explosion killed over 90 people and injured 69 at Diko junction in Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, residents of Bida, Bida Local Government Area, yesterday morning, invaded a fallen tanker to scoop groundnut oil.
The tanker said to be carrying about 30,000 litres of groundnut oil lost control and overturned, spilling its content.
The accident occurred near Shafa filling station in Esso area, a suburb of Bida town.
A viral video posted on social media by a resident of the area shows the chaotic scene where dozens of residents were scrambling to collect the spilled groundnut oil using all kinds of containers, including jerry cans and buckets.
Attempts to disperse the crowd by some concerned individuals fell on their deaf ears as they scrambled for the content of the fallen tanker.
As at the time of filing this report, there is no report from the scene of any explosion or casualty.
Also there are no official reactions to the latest incident from the state government.
However, a source from the community confirmed that, “the tanker was carrying groundnut oil and not fuel as people earlier claimed in the viral video. Maybe people first mistook it for fuel because the place it happened is close to a filling station,” he said.