A 39-year-old tipper driver, Jemilah Abdullahi, has died after he drowned inside a diesel tanker compartment in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
The Quest Times gathered that Abdullahi fell inside the company’s diesel tank while allegedly attempting to steal diesel inside the company’s premises on Monday.
Abdullahi worked as a driver with Kinlon Company. His swollen body was said to have been recovered from the diesel tanker compartment where he suffocated.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the deceased fell inside the company’s diesel tank while scooping fuel into a container and that his swollen body was recovered by the workers on Monday, January 23.
He said, “The police received a distress call on January 23, 2023 around 1.15am that a tipper driver attached to Kinlon Company, Ketu Ereyun, Ikorodu, Lagos, had allegedly fallen inside the company’s diesel tank and drowned while stealing diesel.
“The divisional officer of Ketu Ereyun led a team of police officers to the scene and recovered the swollen body of the man, identified as Jemilah Abdullahi.
“It took the combined efforts of the police and some other persons to retrieve the swollen body from the belly of the tank.”
Hundeyin noted that the corpse was deposited in the Epe General Hospital morgue for an autopsy, adding that investigation was ongoing.