No fewer than 306 persons were killed as a result of tanker explosions across the nation in 2016, according to FRSC.
During the flag off of the Special End of Year 2016 Patrol in Makurdi held yesterday, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corp Marshal disclosed the road accidents involved 338 fuel tankers and 692 vehicles nationwide.
The FRSC boss also lamented that “losses from tanker crashes have been estimated to be causing the nation about N7billion annually.”