The Senate on Wednesday called on the Nigeria Police and the Federal Road Safety Corps to investigate the recent tanker fire at Otedola Bridge in Lagos State.
The incident claimed 12 lives and burnt over 50 vehicles.
The upper legislative chamber also resolved to meet with the Corps as well as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to seek amendment of laws needed to check accidents involving articulated vehicles.
The resolutions followed a motion moved by Gbenga Ashafa and co-sponsored by Solomon Adeola and Oluremi Tinubu.
It urged the “FRSC, the Nigeria Police and all relevant security agencies to cooperate with Lagos State and other states in ensuring that drivers of articulated vehicles comply with all federal and state traffic safety laws.
“The Nigeria Police should work in conjunction with the FRSC to carry out a thorough investigation of the circumstances leading to the accident that led to the fuel tanker fire, with the view to prosecuting anyone found culpable in this preventable fire incident.
“The relevant committees of the Senate should invite the FRSC and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation with a view to finding a legislative solution towards ensuring that, before trucks are loaded, mandatory safety checks are put in place to ascertain the condition of the tankers and the road worthiness of the vehicles”.
