An unspecified number of people lost their lives, while scores were injured on Sunday morning, in Ibadan, Oyo State capital when a tanker, conveying petroleum gas rammed into the popular Bode market, Tribune Online authoritatively gathered. Eyewitness informed our correspondent that the gas tanker coming from Idi Arere axis lost control due to brake failure, thus crushing many traders, a tricycle and commercial motorcycle. Some of the traders, who were at the scene when the accident occurred disclosed that it occurred around 8.30am, adding that the loud impact of the gas tanker when it rammed into a shopping complex inside the market caused apprehension. However, she stated that “it is that the accident occurred this morning at Bode market, but our people are still there evacuating the debris and casualty. They hijacked an Abuja-bound aircraft, the Nigerian Airways airbus A310, and diverted it to Niger Republic.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 04, 2021 11:15 UTC