Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has promised to compensate victims of the tanker explosion at Eleme axis of the East-West Road in Rivers State on Friday night.
Fubara made the pledge during a visit to the area on Saturday, April 27.
Fubara, who was accompanied by the commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu and director of State Security Service, described the incident as unpleasant.
“We are here to see for ourselves to get a first hand report of the incident that happened yesterday about 7:30pm that was caused by a tanker conveying PMS,” Fubara said.
“I got the information through the MD of Indorama and I immediately alerted the security agencies to make sure they step in. From what we are seeing this morning it is not a pleasant situation.
“From what I am seeing a huge number of vehicles was destroyed, souls lost. I have asked the security agencies to give us a full brief so that we can come into the situation fully by seeing how much we can support the families who are bereaved and how we can cushion the loss which is no fault of theirs.
“We all know the situation of this road. Is really really unfortunate. Most of our people when plying this road should ply with caution.
“I believe strongly that this situation would have been avoided if the motorists have behaved properly. It is late. This is situation we find ourselves. We will see how much we can control it”.
Politics Nigeria reports that five people lost their lives during the explosion.
Over 70 cars where also destroyed in fire disaster.
