The Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of a 45-year-old tanker driver, Dahiru Aliyu, at Hotoro NNPC depot.
It was said that Aliyu entered one of the compartments of his vehicle with a container and foam to mop up spilled fuel, but did not come out alive.
The confirmation is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of the Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi on Tuesday.
The statement read “We received a distress call from one Shu’aibu Muhammad at about 10.59 a.m., and we sent our rescue team to the scene immediately,’’Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, public relations officer of the fire Service said.
According to Kano State Fire Service Aliyu got suffocated and died inside the tanker in an incident which occurred at Hotoro NNPC depot.
The incident happened on Monday morning.
The petrol tanker has DKD 411 XF as its registration number,’’ Abdullahi stated.
