Man Dies In Petrol Tank while Trying to Steal Petrol
A 25-year-old man suffocated and died in a petrol tank trying to steal petrol.
Zayyanu Abubakar, has been evacuated from inside a petrol tanker compartment where he suffocated and died on Friday, Oct. 4, while stealing petrol.
The man fell inside the tank of the vehicle, parked along Sokoto western bye-pass, loaded with 33,000 litres of petrol.
The victim was alleged to have earlier on the night stolen 20 litres from the fuel compartment and had come back for more.
It took the police four hours to remove the decomposed body from the tankers belly.
Yahaya Mohammed, a relative of the man, 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.
The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Al-Mustapha Sani confirmed the story and mentioned that the incident will be carefully investigated.
