Mentally unstable’ man sets car ablaze inside petrol station
A man suspected to be mentally unstable has set ablaze a Sienna belonging to a customer who drove into the Echemas Petrol Station which is along the Abakaliki–Enugu Expressway in Ebonyi State to buy petrol.
Penpushing reports that sources said a pump attendant was fueling the customer’s Sienna when the unidentified man, walked into the petrol station with a lighter, forcefully seized the pump while it was already fueling the car, poured petrol rushing from the pump on the vehicle and then set it ablaze before fleeing the scene.
The witnesses said no life was lost in the incident, however, the Sienna and other properties affected by the inferno said to be worth millions of Naira were destroyed in the incident, while it is unclear why the man set the car ablaze.
Penpushing further reports that the Ebonyi State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Joshua Ukandu, when contacted confirmed the incident stating that operatives from the Central Police Station in Abakaliki arrived at the petrol station upon receipt of information about the incident.
The police spokesperson, a superintendent of police, said workers at the station could not seize the man because he was in possession of a knife and utilised the opportunity to escape from the scene
“Police were called to the scene and in collaboration with the fire service (officials) helped to put off the fire. The workers said the man after setting the Sienna car ablaze, brought out a knife and that made people not to accost him. The suspect utilised the opportunity to escape,” he explained.
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