Governor Fubara has promised to compensate Rivers Fire Disaster Victims during his visit to the scene.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that Rivers Governor Siminalayi Fubara has visited the scene of the fire disaster that consumed over 100 vehicles and lives along Eleme axis of the East -West Road.
This Nigeria news platform understands that the Governor, who was accompanied by the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatunji Disu and Director of State Security Service on Saturday vowed to compensate victims of the incident.
The Governor said: “We are here to see for ourselves to get a first hand report of the incident that happened yesterday about 7:30pm that was caused by a tanker conveying PMS.
“I got the information through the MD of Indorama and I immediately alerted the security agencies to make sure they step in. From what we are seeing this morning it is not a pleasant situation.
“From what I am seeing a huge number of vehicles was destroyed, Souls lost. I have asked the security agencies to give us a full brief so that we can come into the situation fully by seeing how much we can support the families who are bereaved and how we can cushion the loss which is no fault of theirs.
“We all know the situation of this road. Is really really unfortunate. Most of our people when plying this road should ply with caution. I believe strongly that this situation would have been avoided if the motorists have behaved properly. It is late. This is the situation we find ourselves. We will see how much we can control it”.
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