Hadari ta faru a ranar Talata, Oktoba 16, 2024, a Majiya Town, Taura Local Government Area, Jigawa, inda tankar da ke safarar man fetur ta faskara, ta yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane 147 na asali, amma adadin mutuwa ya karu zuwa 147 bayan wasu rahotanni na karshen.
Abin da ya faru shi ne, tankar ta kume a kusa da Jami’ar Khadija, inda man fetur ya zuba cikin magudanar ruwa, sannan mutanen gari suka fara kwaso man fetur, amma wuta ta tashi, ta kai harin da ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane da dama a inda suke.
Gwamnan Jigawa, Abba Yusuf, ya bayyana ta’aziyya ta musamman ga gwamnatin da mutanen Jigawa a wake din hadarin.
Shugaban kasar, Bola Tinubu, ya aika wakilai na daraja daga gwamnatin tarayya zuwa Jigawa domin taimakawa wajen magance matsalar da ta taso. Wakilan sun hada da Sakataren Gwamnatin Tarayya, Senator George Akume; Ministan Tsaron Nijeriya, Mohammed Abubakar; Ministan Sufuri, Saidu Alkali; da sauran manyan jami’ai.
Tinubu ya bayyana cewa gwamnatin tarayya tana shirin kawo sauyi cikin hanyoyin tsallakawa man fetur a kasar, domin hana irin wadannan hadari a nan gaba.
