…pledges to support victim’s families
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has visited the site of a tanker-truck explosion which occurred Friday along the Eleme axis of the East-West Road, in which several vehicles were engulfed in flames and a yet unknown number of people lost their lives.
Governor Fubara, who visited the site to appraise the situation and sympathise with the victims, was accompanied by the State Commissioner for Police, Olatunji Disu and the Commissioner for Energy, Maximus Nwafor.
The inferno engulfed over 50 vehicles, with some bodies found burnt beyond recognition in cars, along the road, and in a nearby drainage.
Governor Fubara, after inspecting the devastating site, directed security agencies to conduct a thorough assessment of the accidents to facilitate the provision of aid to victims’ families.
He said, “Yesterday around 7-8pm, we go information about a very serious inferno that was caused by a tanker conveying PMS.
“I got the information through the MD of Indorama and immediately alerted the security agencies. From what we are seeing this morning, it was a very unpleasant case.
“We recorded, from what I am seeing, a huge number of vehicles being destroyed and souls lost. I have already asked the security agencies to give us a full brief. So that we can come into the situation fully by seeing how much we can support the families of the bereaved and see how we can cushion the effect of the losses.”
