Five persons killed in tanker fire along Abuja-Lokoja highway
19 November 2019 |
12:52 pm
A petrol laden tanker coming from the Lagos end, apparently with a failed brake crashed into five other vehicles by the NNPC Mega station in Felele, Lokoja Kogi State killing at least 5 persons.
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