A fuel tanker on Saturday morning fell and caught fire at the Ibafo/Aseese axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency said that no life was lost.

Emergency responders—men of the Fire Rescue Services, Federal Road Safety Corps, and others worked to put out the fire.

The fire incident was eventually successfully contained.

Emergency operatives remain on the ground to assist in easing the traffic congestion caused by the incident.

TRACE Spokesperson, Babatunde Akinbiyi, said that the incident happened around 7am.

His message read, “Fire update at Ibafo. As of 0830 hrs., the fire has finally been put to rest. Traffic is gradually moving.

“Operatives are on the ground to ease the traffic. I will provide additional updates later.”

Meanwhile, TRACE Divisional Commander, Mowe-Ibafo, Kabir Ojerinde, confirmed that no lives were lost in the accident.

He mentioned that the trans-loading of the remaining fuel into another tanker is currently ongoing.

Regarding the cause of the accident, Ojerinde explained, “Yes, the crash happened very early in the morning around 5:30 am. Fortunately, there were no other vehicles involved.

“While we cannot confirm if overspeeding was a factor, the tanker was said to have overturned and caught fire.

“The emergency response was swift, and we moved the truck from the road to ease traffic.

He also noted that the name of the filling station or tanker owner remains unknown at this time.

“The tanker is burnt beyond recognition, so we do not have details about the tanker’s ownership and number plate,” he added.

On the other hand, the Ogun FRSC spokesperson, Florence Okpe, said in a statement that five adult males were involved but no casualties were recorded.

This was contained in a statement titled, “Crash Report of a Burning Tanker at Ibafo along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.”

The statement read, “The crash occurred at 0657 hrs this morning on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around the Ago Igbala/Ibafo area of Ogun State.

“A total of five persons were involved, all male adults, and fortunately, neither death nor injury were recorded.

“The vehicle involved was an IVECO truck with no number plate on it.

“The suspected cause of the lone crash was speed, and the vehicle lost control and crashed. The tanker was loaded with fuel, and no casualties were recorded.

“The rescue operation has come to a conclusion, but traffic managers are still managing the traffic situation caused by the crash.”

Two women have been found dead inside an apartment in Nottingham, UK.

In a statement, Nottinghamshire police said officers were called to a property in Radford, an inner-city area of Nottingham, on Tuesday morning over concerns about the welfare of the occupants.

Officers forced their way into the house by breaking down the back door and found the bodies of two women inside.

Daily Mail reports that neighbours believe that the women — mother and daughter with the former being in her 40s and the latter in her late teens or early 20s — are originally from Nigeria.

Ruby Burrow, Nottinghamshire police spokesperson, said the bodies were “lain undiscovered for some time”, adding that investigations are on to ascertain how and when the women died.

“Police were called at 11.04 am yesterday after concerns were raised for the welfare of the occupants of a property in Hartley Road, Radford,” the statement reads.

“Officers later gained entry to the address and found the bodies of two women inside. It is believed they had lain undiscovered for some time.

“Whilst we don’t believe there to be an immediate risk to the public, we are keeping an open mind into what has happened at this address and will be working hard over the next few days to establish how and when these two women lost their lives.

“In the meantime, my thoughts — and those of every other officer involved in this investigation — are with those who have died, their family and friends.

“Whilst our investigation remains at an early stage, we do not currently believe what happened to be suspicious.”

The police said it has enlisted the help of a “forensic pathologist” who will be in a better position to determine what happened once officers conclude their report”.

NEIGHBOURS SPEAK

Deborah Williams, 48, who lives on the same street, narrated how social services had visited her home on different occasions because they were unable to find the deceased.

“The social workers would ask if I had seen them recently. But the fact is they would really keep themselves to themselves,” she said.

“I would only really notice them when they left the house to go out shopping. My mum would sometimes see them in the supermarket. The daughter would be pushing a trolley with one hand, with her mum holding the other.

“I never heard the girl speak. I don’t know how severe her disability was, but I think she was non-verbal. But her mum was always very calm with her when I heard them from my garden.

“It is very sad. I think social services have probably finally triggered the police to break in. They came on Tuesday morning and tried to bash the door down, then ended up using power tools to gain entry.”

Williams said she last saw the pair in February.

“They would go away somewhere for months at a time and then come back, so I just figured that is what had happened this time, and why I hadn’t seen them,” she said.

“Now I wish I had been a bit more switched on. But no one, not a friend or relative seems to have missed them apart from social services. I only ever saw one visitor — a woman who looked a bit like the mum who I took to be maybe a sister.

“I think perhaps the mum has passed away somehow. [The daughter] was not someone you could leave on her own. She was completely dependent on her mum.

“The last thing I heard (from the house)… was a sound that I originally thought was cats. I didn’t realise until now that I hadn’t heard a peep from either of them.”

Ade Chukwu, a 37-year-old, who lives close to the house, said they were “really quiet”.

“You wouldn’t have really known they were there. But it is really tragic. I feel very sorry for them. Something awful has obviously gone off in there. It is really sad to think they have probably been laying there for weeks,” Chukwu said.

Mohamed Hasan, another neighbour, said he would sometimes see what he assumed to be the mother and her physically challenged daughter waiting for a taxi in the morning.

“That is the only time I would see them. They wouldn’t be very social. Every day a taxi would come and they would be waiting here,” Hasan said.

Operatives of the Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested one Abraham Achibong for allegedly having a sexual relationship with his eight-year-old daughter at the Ile-Oluji community, in the Ile-Oluji Oke Igbo Local Government Area of the state.

According to a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Aidamenbor Daniel, Achibong was arrested alongside other suspects – Ojo Oluwasola, and Agu Matthew.

The statement noted that the state commandant of the corps, Ibiloye Oluyemi, had paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital.

He added that the suspect, who has since confessed to the crime, would be prosecuted in the law court for rape, molestation, and incest.

The commandant said, ” Mr. Abraham Achibong age 40 years, a farmer was arrested for molesting his daughter who is now 14 years old, since she was eight years old. This had been going on for six years until a few days ago when the girl (name withheld) summoned the courage to confide in her teacher when the Ondo State Primary Health Care officers visited her school on a sensitisation programme on Human Papilloma Virus vaccine.

“The suspect has since confessed to the crime, and he would be prosecuted in the law court for his crime of rape, molestation, and incest.”

The commandant noted that the other two suspects – Ojo Oluwasola and Agu Matthew were arrested for stealing and fraud respectively.

“A professional conman (Mathew), has duped one Mr Mba Daniel of the sum of N5.94 million by impersonating the Protocol Officer to the Governor of Enugu State. The complainant has a parcel of land acquired by a well-known person in Enugu, and compensation was promised.

“Since the compensation news went viral, the suspect approached the complainant as the protocol officer to the governor and informed him about the release of a cheque of N9 million for his compensation but some civil servants needed to be settled to get the cheque out.

“After collecting a total sum of N5.94M, he closed down his shop in Akure and ran away. The suspect was tracked and arrested at Enugu on the 16th of May, 2024.

“Oluwasola, male, 28 years old of number 23 Oryanrugbulem, Akure on May 20, 2024, at about 11 am at Ifeoluwa Community, Shagari village, Akure attempted to steal a vehicle within the community. He was apprehended by the community and handed over for profiling and investigation.” the NSCDC boss narrated

He stated that the suspects would be charged in court after the completion of the investigation. The commandant appealed to the people of the state to be vigilant and promptly report security matters to the command or other security agencies.