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Buhari speaks on Onitsha fire as death toll rises

President Muhammadu Buhari has also joined other Nigerians in expressing sadness over the deaths from the incident.

According to him, “safety precautions and routine maintenance are taken for granted by vehicle owners.” Some commercial banks quickly closed as the fire was spreading close to them at Ochanja Market junction. But successive governments in the state have not been able to deploy these revenues to provide adequate amenities to the city’s teeming populationThe state fire service has been comatose with successive governments unable to revive it.It took over an hour for the Delta fire service to arrive at the location because of the distance and traffic on the ever-busy River Niger bridge and the Onitsha-Benin highway.

The statement reads: “Today at about 12:59 pm,a trailer loaded with petroleum product lost control at upper iweka, along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, Onitsha and crashed inside a pavement in between the expressway”“The Commissioner of Police, CP John B. Abang visited the scene for on the spot assessment and appealed to the residents to remain calm. Fire Service department was equally contacted.

 

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