A 33,000 litres fully loaded tanker has exploded on an expressway connecting Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, to other parts of the country. The explosion, which occured around 12:47 am Saturday on the Kara bridge of the popular Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Platforms Africa gathered, killed and burnt corpses of the tanker driver and his motor-boy beyond recognition. The bridge is notorious for accident. It has witnessed several of such in recent times. “The petrol-laden truck crashed, caught fire and exploded at about 12:47am this morning,” a motorist who simply identified himself ad…
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