45,000-litre fuel tanker overturns in Lagos
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Category: Fallen Tanker
Address: Ajah Motor Park, Lekki - Epe Expressway, Lekki, Nigeria, Ajah, Lekki 106104, Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 04 Sep 2026, 08:09PM
Source: User reported
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, has contained a tanker accident involving a truck loaded with 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit on Ijako Road, inward Oke Oso, along the Ajah Expressway in Epe. The accident occurred on Friday when a Mack tanker reportedly overturned while climbing Ijako Hill following a mechanical fault. According to a statement issued on Friday by the Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency received an emergency alert at 11:32am and promptly deployed its Whales Team from the Epe Base to the scene. The team arrived four minutes after it was dispatched.