Buhari commiserates with families, victims of tanker accident in Onitsha

News Agency Of Nigeria 21:34 - 14 March 2019

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President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with families of those who lost their lives in a tanker accident in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday.

Mr Femi Adesina, the Presidents Special Adviser on Media and Publicity in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said Buhari commiserated with the government and people of Anambra State over the sad incident.

He urged hospitals to give the survivors effective medical attention.

President Buhari prayed that the almighty God would grant families of the deceased the fortitude to bear the loss and grant quick recovery to the injured.

I commiserate with the families of those who lost their lives in the tanker accident in Onitsha, yesterday. Condolences also to the government and people of Anambra State. I pray that the Almighty God will comfort the bereaved and grant quick recovery to the injured.
— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) March 14, 2019

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that at least seven persons were confirmed dead when a kerosene-laden tanker rammed into traders on the Upper Iweka Road in Onitsha, Anambra, on Wednesday.