One person has died in a petrol tanker accident that occurred at Mile 2 area of Lagos State.
Tribune Online gathered that the unfortunate accident occurred in the early hours of Friday.
Confirming this incident, spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor said it happened on Friday morning.
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He noted that emergency responders are at the scene of the accident.
“LASEMA Response Team is at Mile 2, inward the Nigerian Army Signal Barracks in recovery operation of a fully-loaded Oil Tanker conveying 55,000 litres of petrol involved in a lone accident which killed a female adult,” he added.
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