Many vehicles burnt as tanker explodes along Abuja-Keffi expressway

A petrol tanker has exploded along the Abuja-Keffi expressway near the Karu bridge in the federal capital territory (FCT).

The incident happened on Wednesday evening when workers, returning from the nation’s capital, were heading home.

It was unclear at the time of this report if there were casualties from the incident, but FCT fire service personnel arrived at the scene to extinguish the fire.

Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, quoted witnesses as saying many vehicles were burnt in the incident as people scampered for safety.

“I saw the tanker coming at high speed, swerving dangerously before it crashed. Within seconds, there was an explosion, and fire spread everywhere,” Zagazola Makama quoted a survivor, who managed to escape from a nearby vehicle, as saying.

There has been no official statement from the FCT administration and the fire service about the incident.