Man Dies Inside Tanker While Stealing Petrol

The decomposed body of a 25-old-man, Zayyanu Abubakar, has been evacuated from inside a petrol tanker
where he 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.
He was said 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 that
Abubakar was warned by his brothers against the act. He
said the deceased had informed his siblings of his exploits, and they had warned him against returning to the vehicle.
The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Al-
Mustapha Sani confirmed the story and added that the
police would thoroughly investigate the incident.