No fewer than 170 people have now been confirmed dead in the tanker explosion that rocked Jigawa State on Tuesday.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, in a statement on Friday, noted that 70 others were still critically injured in different hospitals.
He said, “The death toll in the petrol tanker explosion in Majiya town, Taura LGA has risen to 170.”
The police spokesman noted that the injured were receiving…
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