Twenty-three persons have been confirmed as a result of Wednesday morning tanker explosion, at Felele area of Lokoja, Kogi state.
ChannelsTV reports the sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Idris Fika as confirming the figure of the bodies that have so fat been pulled from the wreckage.
ChannelsTV further reports eyewitnesses as putting the figure at over 50 people.
The Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello in a statement by his spokesperson, Onogwu Muhammed, expressed his condolence to the families of those affected by the occurrence.
“It is very sad to learn of the tragic loss of lives, many vehicles, property and other valuables in the petrol tanker fire,” he said.
