OTEDOLA BRIDGE FIRE DISASTER: POLICE ARREST TRUCK OWNER
The statement added further that, the identified owner of the truck was Hassan Maiwake, stating that the driver of the truck tanker, loaded with 33,000 litres of fuel which went up in flames after it fell and spilled its contents on the bridge on June 28, however, remains at large.
Penpushing recalled that, nine people were confirmed dead and several others injured in the inferno which razed, at least, 54 vehicles, but witnesses of the incident, however, said the casualty figures were higher.
“Hassan Maiwake of No.16 Hotoro Limawa, Kano state, was arrested yesterday in Kano and he is now helping the police in its effort to locate the driver of the ill-fated truck,” the police said in the statement’,the statement reads.
“The CP assures that the Command will do all it can to help families who lost their beloved ones in the accident, find a closure by ensuring that anyone found culpable is brought to book. DNA test to ascertain the true identities of the charred remains of the victims is ongoing. Further development will be communicated to Lagosians.”
Penpushing, however, recalled that Lagos State Government,in its preliminary investigation attributed the cause of the accident partly to the tanker being loaded with 30 tonnes, twice its capacity.
