The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday mourned the victims of the Saturday tragic petrol tanker explosion at Dikko Junction along Dikko-Maje Minna Road, Niger State.
The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, on Monday in Abuja, urged the Federal Government to put in safety measures to prevent the reoccurrence of the tragic incident on Nigeria roads.
Ologunagba said that the incident that resulted in the death of over 85 Nigerians with many injured, had added to the ugly wave of tragic occurrences that had befallen the nation due to the deplorable state of infrastructure in the country.
He said it was indeed disheartening that Nigerians especially the youths and bread winners of homes continue to die on the highways and bear ugly scars as victims of bad governance.
He called on the Federal Government not to stop only at investigating the remote and immediate causes of the tragedy and similar incidents in the recent time.
He also called on government to take immediate steps to address the situation that led to the sad occurrences.
“The Federal Government should take steps to put adequate measures to ensure safer roads so as to prevent the re-occurrence of such tragic incidents in the country.
“The PDP however commends the efforts and courage of the police, firefighters, the Federal Road Safety Corps and other agencies and patriotic Nigerians who helped to control the fire and rescued some of the victims.
“The PDP commiserates with the families of the victims, the Government and people of Niger State and prays to God to grant speedy recovery to the injured and fortitude to the families of the deceased at this trying time,’’ Ologunagba said.(NAN)
