Oil robbery has become an enemy of life, 98 people have died so far, many people are in critical condition.

Abuja: Two days ago, a major explosion occurred in a gasoline tanker in the north-central part of Nigeria. So far 98 people have lost their lives in this accident. Many people are still seriously injured, and their condition remains critical. Relief and rescue work is going on after the incident.

Husseini Isa, head of Niger state's National Emergency Management Agency, said the death toll could rise further. After this incident, petrol prices have increased in Nigeria. A year ago, the President had removed subsidy on petrol, due to which incidents of such looting are increasing. After this decision, incidents of looting have increased considerably.

After such incidents, people are demanding strict traffic rules. Besides, an appeal is also being made to the government to make a separate route or special arrangement.

Due to this the accident happened

A major accident occurred in the north-central part of Nigeria in the early hours of Saturday. Here a tanker filled with gasoline overturned. Seeing this, people nearby started looting oil from the tanker. Meanwhile, there was a massive explosion, due to which people standing nearby got hit by it. So far 98 people have lost their lives in this accident, and many people are fighting for life and death in the hospital.

This accident has happened before

Such accidents are now happening frequently in Africa's largest oil producing country, Nigeria. Hundreds of people have lost their lives so far in these accidents. In October, a similar explosion took place in Jigawa state, in which 147 people were killed. This was one of Nigeria's greatest tragedies. Due to fuel being expensive, people try to loot so that they do not have to spend much money, but for many people this savings comes at the cost of their lives.

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Let us tell you that there is a continuous shortage of fuel in the country because the government had ended the subsidy on fuel in 2023. Since then, the prices of diesel and petrol have been continuously increasing. According to local media, the price of fuel has increased three times after the removal of subsidy.