A petrol-laden tanker has overturned on the Tincan Liverpool Bridge, in the Apapa area of Lagos, with hordes of residents and passersby scooping petrol from beneath the bridge.
Eyewitnesses say the tanker tipped over in the early hours
of Monday during rush hour, with road traffic management personnel yet to
arrive at the scene at the time of reporting.
A Channels Television footage shows locals grabbing
jerrycans and containers of all shapes and sizes as they joined in on the act.
Happening now at Tincan Liverpool Bridge, Apapa: A tanker overturned, with people scooping contents from underneath the bridge.#CTVTweets pic.twitter.com/EG0TnJmbmy
— Channels Television (@channelstv) January 19, 2026
In a post on X, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority
(LASTMA) said the road leading to the bridge had been cordoned off but has now
been reopened.
“The road on Liverpool bridge inward Apapa that was cordoned
off has been reopened after the contents have been neutralised by men of Lagos
State Fire Service,” the agency said.
“LASTMA officials are doing the needful and traffic is
expected to move better, while we await the arrival of a tow truck.”
Earlier, the agency had said: “Men of Lagos State Fire
service and rescue team are on ground doing the needful. Pending the time of
the recovery, Liverpool bridge has been cordoned off and Counter flow method of
traffic control is in use. Vehicular movement along the corridor is very slow.
Plan your movement.”
This is not the first time residents would be scooping fuel
from a fallen tanker in Nigeria — with sometimes fatal consequences to boot.
In October 2024, over 100 people were confirmed dead after a
petrol-laden tanker exploded at the Kano-Hadejia expressway in Jigawa state.
Most of the victims were trying to scoop petrol from the
tanker after it tipped over.
In October 2025, a petrol tanker exploded in the Essa
community, along the Agaie-Bida road in the Katcha LGA of Niger state, claiming
the lives of many residents.
Locals had arrived on the scene to fetch petrol after the
tanker tumbled.
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