Tell a Tale

Within two weeks, a series of deadly petrol-laden tanker accidents brought sorrow, tears and blood to Nigerians, most of them uninvolved in the process. In Onitsha, disaster reaped a grim harvest of over 90 lives when a fully loaded fuel tanker ran into a bus and set it and everything else around on fire. A similar accident had taken place in Makurdi, Benue State, and claimed the lives of a newly-wedded couple and their guests in a bus. In separate incidents days apart,two tankers fell in Idimu and Iyana areas of Lagos State, consuming houses, cars, goods and valuable property in the ensuing conflagration. These tragic incidents led to gruesome deaths and grave misery for survivors and their families. They rendered people homeless and left many with their means of livelihood gone in a flash. In most cases, these avoidable disasters take place as a result of indiscipline and neglect. Some articulated vehicles carrying highly inflammable liquids are often operated by drivers under ...