Petrol thief falls inside tanker, dies

The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr
Rasak Fadipe , on Tuesday said they recovered
two bodies from a petrol tanker and a deep well
on Monday in the state.
He said on Tuesday that an unidentified man ,
who attempted to steal petrol inside a stationary
tanker, was suffocated by the fumes and died .
He said, “ The tanker was parked opposite
Morogbo Police Station , along the Badagry
Expressway. The dead man was removed at about
5 pm on Monday and was handed over to Morogbo
police men .”
In another development, the service also
recovered the body of another unidentified man ,
who fell into a deep well of about 150 feet on
Monday night .
Fadipe , who said that the incident happened at
Iju Isahga area of the state , stressed that it took
them many hours before they retrieved the body.
He said, “We got information that a male adult
fell into a deep well of about 150 ft deep at Iju
Road, besides Skye Bank. Our men mobilised and
went there immediately, but were able to
retrieve the body many hours later on Monday.
“The well is located at a virgin land , no one
knows what the victim was looking for before
falling into the well .”