Tony Okafor, AwkaNo fewer than seven persons were on Sunday morning confirmed dead in a tanker fire accident that occurred near the Anambra State Governor’s Lodge in Amawbia, near Awka, the state capital. A source told our correspondent that the governor, Willie Obiano, was at the lodge when the incident occurred. An eyewitness told our correspondent that the tanker was negotiating a bend at the Amawbia roundabout when it fell and burst into fire. I saw no fewer than seven charred bodies.”” Several other wounded people were loaded in a truck to nearby hospitals”, the source stated. “Consequently, out of the seven corpses confirmed dead, three are deposited at Amaku General Hospital Morgue, two at Regina Caeli Hospital and another two at Piston Hospital Morgue for postmortem examination.

Source: Punch February 10, 2019 07:07 UTC