Three persons are feared dead, while several buildings and other property gutted by fire following an explosion from a petroleum tanker at Omurelu community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State.
This incident occurred few yard away from where the president Mohamed Buhari had commissioned a 6 Blocks of SPU for Police RRR In Rivers state on Tuesday 28th Of September 2021.
An indigene of the community, Mr Innocent Amadi who confirmed the incident to our Correspondent said the disaster occurred in the early hours of Tuesday when a tanker conveying petroleum product was stopped by petroleum taskforce in an attempt to allegedly extort money from the driver when another tanker collided with the tanker at the check point.
Mr Amadi explained that the angry youths and members of the community have kicked against the activities of the petroleum taskforce and called on state government to intervene to prevent reoccurrence.
