Senator representing Jigawa North West Senatorial District, Husseini Babangida Uba said, at least 105 people have been confirmed dead following a petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
Lamenting the casualties in a media interviews with journalists at the National Assembly, Abuja, he expressed sadness over the situation that claim lives of Nigerian, stressing that it was an unavoidable deaths.
The lawmaker added that about 55 people sustained various degrees of injuries and were hospitalized at Ringim General Hospital.
“As I am talking to you now, the casualty figure is about 105 and the number of injured is 55 as against the 50 earlier confirmed,” he said.
According to Senator Babangida the incident occurred at about 11:30 pm on Tuesday night in Majia Town, when the tanker driver lost control near Khadija University.
The tanker, he said, left Kano, on its way to Nguru town in Yobe State, when the tanker driver eventually lost control of the vehicle and it exploded.
The lawmaker maintained that after the incident some people went there to scoop the product which led to the death of many persons.
It was also gathered that some injured persons have also been taken to Federal Medical Centre Birnin Kudu due to the limited number of beds at the Ringim General Hospital.
According to him, preparations are currently being made to reach those that are in Hospital and to give the dead persons a befitting burial by our governor, governor Umar Namadi.
