25 year old man suffocates and dies inside tanker while attempting to steal fuel

The decomposed body of a 25-old-man,
Zayyanu Abubakar, has been 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 – 8
a.m to 12 noon – to remove the
decomposed body from the tankers belly.
Yahaya Mohammed, a relative of the
deceased said at the scene of the incident
that Abubakar was warned by his
brothers against the act.
“He told his siblings about his earlier
successful exploits and they warned him
against going back into the vehicle.
“He had told them that he nearly
suffocated in the first attempt, but
unknown to them, he went back, got
trapped and died,” Mohammed said.
A fire serviceman, Zayyanu Jelani said,
“we were here since around 8.00a.m
when we were alerted about the ugly
development.
“This is the first time we are recording
this type of unfortunate incident in
Sokoto apart from fire incidents on fuel
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.
NAN reports that the remains of the
deceased had been deposited at the
morgue of Uthmanu Danfodio University
Teaching Hospital, Sokoto.
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