BREAKING: Police Alert Public As Third Petrol Tanker Falls In Onitsha

A petrol tanker has fallen into a ditch along the Onitsha-Enugu Expressway in Onitsha, Anambra state, on Thursday, spilling its content into the drainage round the Chipex filling station.

Confirming the fresh petrol tanker disaster was the spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Haruna Mohammed.

“The PMS is spilling out at the time of making this report. It is highly advisable you alert residents in the Area through your medium to stay clear from the premises in order to prevent any disaster,” said Mohammed.

The spokesperson said police patrol teams had however been deployed to the area, adding that the scene had been cordoned off while fire Service department was contacted to be on standby to prevent fire incident.

The incident makes it the third petrol tanker disaster to be reported in the state in the last three weeks.

Several people had been reported dead and property destroyed after two fuel tankers recently fell in the state’s commercial hub on different occasions.