Tragedy struck last night in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, as a twenty nine year-old tank installer and maintainer, simply identified as Ahmed, got suffocated to death at a popular filling station in Ilorin.
According to the spokesperson for the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, the terrible incident occurred last night at about half past seven in the night at a Filling Station, opposite Adisco Ajasse-Ipo Road, Ilorin.
The victim it was gathered came from Ibadan with his boss for the job and suddenly suffocated while they were performing the maintenance work inside the petrol tank at the filling station and died.
However, firemen from the Kwara State Fire Service were able to evacuate the body from the tank and handed over to his boss, Mr Abdulbasit Oladimeji.
Report says, the deceased was not putting on the necessary safety gear before he engaged in the work.
In his reaction, the Director, Kwara State Fire Service, Prince John Falade urged the general public to be more safety conscious, particularly workers to always endeavor to use safety equipment at all time to safe their lives.
