25-Year-Old Man Dies Inside Petrol Tanker While Stealing Fuel

The decayed corpse of a 25-old-man, identified as Zayyanu Abubakar, was evacuated from inside a petrol tanker compartment where he suffocated and died since Friday, Oct. 4, while stealing petrol. The deceased fell inside the tank of the vehicle with registration number, XA 640 TBW, parked along Sokoto western bye-pass, loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol.

The deceased was alleged to have earlier on the night of the fateful day, stolen 20 litres from the fuel compartment and had returned for more when he ended up inside

It took the combined efforts of the officers of the state fire service, the police from Kwanni Division, Sokoto and some good Samaritans, four hours, from 8 a.m to 12 noon  to remove the decomposed body from the tankers.

The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Al-Mustapha Sani confirmed the story and added that the police would thoroughly investigate the incident.