SULEJA, Nijeriya – Fiye da mutane 70 ne suka mutu yayin da wani tankin mai ya fashe a Jihar Niger, arewacin Nijeriya, a cewar hukumar agajin gaggawa ta ƙasar. Fashewar ta faru ne da sanyin safiyar ranar Asabar kusa da yankin Suleja bayan wasu mutane suka yi ƙoƙarin canja wurin man fetur daga wani tanki zuwa wata babbar mota ta amfani da janareta.
“Har zuwa yanzu, an gano gawarwaki sama da 70, mutane 56 sun jikkata, kuma sama da shaguna 15 sun lalace,” in ji hukumar National Emergency Management Authority a wata sanarwa da ta fitar a ranar Asabar.
Kumar Tsukwam, kwamandan yankin Jihar Niger na hukumar kula da hanyoyin mota (FRSC), ya bayyana cewa mutane sun yi ta tara man da ya zube bayan motar ta kife. “Tankin ya fashe ya kama wani tanki na biyu,” in ji shi a wata sanarwa. “Yawancin wadanda abin ya shafa sun kone har ba a iya gane su,” in ji Tsukwam. “Muna wurin don share abubuwa,” in ji shi, yana mai cewa ‘yan kashe gobara sun sami nasarar kashe wutar.
Gwamnan Jihar Niger, Mohammed Bago, ya tabbatar da lamarin a wata sanarwa kuma ya ce ana kyautata zaton mutane da yawa sun mutu a wannan babbar gobara. Ya bayyana lamarin a matsayin “mai damuwa, mai raɗaɗi, kuma mai ban tausayi”.
Irin wannan hatsarori ya zama ruwan dare a ƙasar da ta fi samar da mai a Afirka, inda ta kashe mutane da dama a cikin ƙasar da ke fuskantar matsanancin rikicin rayuwa. Farashin man fetur a Nijeriya ya karu da fiye da kashi 400 cikin 100 tun lokacin da Shugaba Bola Tinubu ya soke tallafin da aka dade ana bayarwa tun lokacin da ya hau mulki a watan Mayu 2023. Wannan ya sa mutane da yawa suka yi kasada don tara man fetur a lokacin da tankunan mai suka yi hatsari.
A watan Oktoba 2024, wani irin wannan lamari ya faru a Jihar Jigawa, wacce kuma tana arewacin Nijeriya. Kimanin mutane 100 ne suka jikkata a wannan hatsarin, inda mutane suka yi ta tunkarar wani tankin da ya kife don tara man da za su iya sayarwa a kasuwar baƙi. Yawancin wadanda abin ya shafa an binne su tare a wani babban jana’iza da hukumomi suka shirya.
A watan Satumba na wannan shekarar, wasu mutane 59 sun mutu a Jihar Niger bayan wani tankin mai ya yi karo da wata babbar mota da ke ɗaukar fasinjoji da shanu. Bayan lamarin na Oktoba, Shugaba Tinubu ya sake tabbatar da ƙudirin gwamnati na sake duba da inganta tsare-tsaren amincin jigilar man fetur. Ya kuma ce ‘yan sanda za su ƙara ƙoƙarin hana irin wannan hatsarori, gami da ƙara sintiri, tsauraran bin ka’idojin aminci, da sauran hanyoyin kiyaye amincin manyan hanyoyi.
Hukumomi sun kuma ƙara inganta matakan tsaro, gami da ƙara jiragen ruwa masu ɗauke da bindigogi a kan manyan hanyoyin ruwa.
