No fewer than five people have perished in a tanker crash around the Felele axis, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
A petrol laden tanker coming from the Lagos end, apparently with a failed brake, crashed into five other vehicles by the NNPC Mega Station in Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State.
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The Nation reports that the development has triggered protest among young persons in the area, although the police command in the state has not released any report on the incident.