No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead in Wednesday’s tanker explosion.
The Ogun dtate command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed this in an update on Wednesday morning.
Spokesperson of the FRSC in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said a total of five persons were burnt beyond recognition.
Okpe said they were recovered from one of the crashed trucks and have been deposited at FOS Morgue in Ipara.
According to Galaxy TV, rescue operations were still ongoing as at the time of filing this report.
