Oyo State Fire Services Agency has averted an explosion from a petroleum tanker carrying 60,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol, as it lost control and somersaulted on the highway. The incident occurred at Irepo Junction on the Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses, Kunle Olanrewaju, Kazeem Ogunwuyi and Bankole Adebayo told The PUNCH that, ‘The tanker, …

Oyo State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the hijacking of a truck loaded with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol on the Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode Road. A statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Adewale Osifeso in Ibadan, the state capital, said the recovered product belongs to …

A Toyota Mazda bus with registration number BKN 332 XB (Lagos), loaded with planks, has collided with a petroleum tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol. The bus and the petroleum tanker caught fire as a result of the collision. It was gathered that the incident occurred along the Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway. Our correspondent gathered …