A 45-year-old tanker driver, Dahiru Aliyu, has reportedly died in a fuel tanker compartment at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Hotoro depot in Kano State.
Spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, who confirmed the death of the tanker driver said Aliyu entered one of the compartments with a container and foam to mop up spilled fuel, but suffocated and died.
The statement read; “The incident happened on Monday morning.
“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.
“The petrol tanker has DKD 411 XF as its registration number.’