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Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by ogododo(op): 12:24pm On Jan 21, 2025

Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Another Tanker Overturns In Niger, Three Days After 98 Killed In Explosion

Videos obtained by SaharaReporters show dozens of residents in Bida town, Niger State, collecting groundnut oil after a tanker overturned near Shafa filling station in the Esso area.

According to multiple community sources who spoke to SaharaReporters, the incident occurred on Tuesday morning, just three days after the deadly tanker explosion on Dikko-Maje Road, near Badeggi filling station in Suleja Local Government Area, which resulted in the loss of 98 lives.

Reports indicate that those gathered to collect the spilling fuel were caught in an explosion, which also impacted those trying to assist the victims.

The fire spread across a large area, leaving behind charred remains and widespread destruction.

The explosion is said to have occurred around 9:00 am while efforts were underway to transfer PMS from the overturned tanker to another vehicle.

Despite the recent tragic incident in Suleja Local Government Area, new videos from Tuesday morning show residents in Bida approaching the fallen truck with jerry cans and buckets to collect the spilled groundnut oil near a filling station in the town.

“The oil is not fuel as people earlier claimed. It is groundnut oil. Maybe people first mistook it for fuel because the place is close to a filling station. But the tanker indeed fell,” a community source said.

“The tanker in Bida was not carrying petrol but groundnut oil,” the source added.

SaharaReporters was unable to reach the Niger Police Command Spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, for a comment on the incident.

Despite several attempts to contact him on Tuesday morning, his phone remained unreachable.

SaharaReporters has previously reported numerous incidents where hundreds of Nigerians have lost their lives while attempting to collect fuel from overturned tankers.

https://saharareporters.com/2025/01/21/video-residents-rush-scoop-groundnut-oil-another-tanker-overturns-niger-three-days-after

Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by DaBullIT(m): 12:26pm On Jan 21, 2025

Didn't they have fire incident a few days ago in Niger state that killed hundreds?

Yes there's poverty in the land but scooping oil from ground?

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by MasterJayJay: 1:11pm On Jan 21, 2025

They are free to scoop the groundnut oil but they should not sell it. Let them use it for personal consumption.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by GOFRONT(m): 1:26pm On Jan 21, 2025*

Nigeria my Country.......Where people never learn

Soon you would see how roasted they would become.......I saw too many roasted blokkos as I drive by the scene of the Kaduna Road fuelTanker explosion on Saturday

See blokos of Nigerians who refuse to learn from previous fire incident.

More blokos to be roasted

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Paragon311(m): 1:31pm On Jan 21, 2025

High rate of poverty in the Country is a major concern Government should look into...

Yet their Governors are interested in the implementation of Hausa as basic learning language...

The way OT is far away from the Northerners....

It is well.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by 900warriorz: 7:03pm On Jan 21, 2025

Wahala dey

This country has now become that of survival of the fittest

Anything to survive

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Nazgul: 7:04pm On Jan 21, 2025

Even if it was fuel, they'll still rush to scoop it. Nigerians are annoyingly stubborn and never learn from past mistakes.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Vintage001(m): 7:04pm On Jan 21, 2025

They gats rename that state to Scooby-doo.

Niger state and scooping na 5 and 6

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Gotocourt: 7:04pm On Jan 21, 2025

Petrol to groundnut oil. I Japaaaaa anything tanker

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by jojothaiv(m): 7:04pm On Jan 21, 2025

Paragon311:
High rate of poverty in the Country is a major concern Government should look into...

Yet their Governors are interested in the implementation of Hausa as basic learning language...

The way OT is far away from the Northerners....

It is well.

Lol!

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Yankiss(m): 7:04pm On Jan 21, 2025

Look at what poverty has caused in Nigeria. No empathy for the person that suffered loss.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Lovenorth: 7:05pm On Jan 21, 2025

God bless Tinubu grin

. There is no hunger in the land grin

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by femi4: 7:05pm On Jan 21, 2025

ogododo:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/01/21/video-residents-rush-scoop-groundnut-oil-another-tanker-overturns-niger-three-days-after

Na poverty cause this one....omo na poverty

Mc smoke, o ya

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-tcOWcoOpw?si=13TieHlq55pYx8TJ

Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Neddstark: 7:05pm On Jan 21, 2025

DaBullIT:
Didn't they have fire incident a few days ago in Niger state that killed hundreds?

Yes there's poverty in the land but scooping oil from ground?

Groundnut Oil

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Oxtertee(m): 7:06pm On Jan 21, 2025

Na WA ooooo, why is it hard for people to learn from past incident shocked

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by donleo92(m): 7:06pm On Jan 21, 2025

Were them talk say explosion been happen again😞

Anyway, poverty dey the country

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by damble: 7:06pm On Jan 21, 2025

Forget poverty, these aboki people na animals, assuming sey nah fuel, na so dem go do again

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by DMerciful(m): 7:07pm On Jan 21, 2025

This is not due to poverty but f00lishness and greed.

Its same reason Yahaya Bello would steal N87 billion.

If you say its poverty, who would die of hunger if the tanker did not fall?

Paragon311:
High rate of poverty in the Country is a major concern Government should look into...

Yet their Governors are interested in the implementation of Hausa as basic learning language...

The way OT is far away from the Northerners....

It is well.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by jakD(m): 7:07pm On Jan 21, 2025

Some people are just not worthy to be called human being. After the recent incident in that same state just barely 72 hours, one wouldn't expect any human being, whether sane or insane to even think of going near a fallen tanker again. Just see them, they would do the same if it were to be a fuel tanker.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Nonso92(m): 7:07pm On Jan 21, 2025

I'm sure if it was fuel, they will still go there to scoop despite the incident that happened a few days ago

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by omonla555: 7:07pm On Jan 21, 2025

Paragon311:
High rate of poverty in the Country is a major concern Government should look into...

Yet their Governors are interested in the implementation of Hausa as basic learning language...

The way OT is far away from the Northerners....

It is well.

Will poverty make you do what is ungodly or what is not right?

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Houseofglam7(f): 7:08pm On Jan 21, 2025

🫤

Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by TrackerSK: 7:09pm On Jan 21, 2025

May APC perish soon

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Angelfrost(m): 7:09pm On Jan 21, 2025

The same Niger state o!

These same people line the streets to hail their corrupt leaders rather than stoning them.

They come en masse to vote for the same retrogressive leaders every election cycle.

You prefer to loot and steal from fellow Nigerians working hard to make it in life but support those actually looting your commonwealth.

If Kemi talk now, una go dey vex, dey form Patriotism.

Just look at what average Nigerians have been reduced to... Opportunistic looters and pillagers.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by kunleham: 7:09pm On Jan 21, 2025

This is selfishness and ignorance at the same time, not poverty. Somebody owns and paid for the Oil being scooped and ignorance, not minding contamination with the oil.

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by AMKAG66(m): 7:10pm On Jan 21, 2025

donleo92:
Were them talk say explosion been happen again😞

Anyway, poverty dey the country

It’s not always about poverty ohh.
Sometimes it’s just sheer inate greed that we blacks have

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by BlocksNG(m): 7:14pm On Jan 21, 2025

Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by marlow1962(m): 7:15pm On Jan 21, 2025

Chia apc u do this one too

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Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Vinod007: 7:17pm On Jan 21, 2025

ogododo:
https://saharareporters.com/2025/01/21/video-residents-rush-scoop-groundnut-oil-another-tanker-overturns-niger-three-days-after

People talking of high rate of poverty for some of these actions forget to talk about Nigerians attitudinal problem. An average Nigerian is so greedy, selfish and daring that he is ready to undergo any risk.

Re: Residents Rush To Scoop Groundnut Oil As Tanker Overturns In Niger State by Day169: 7:18pm On Jan 21, 2025

.. what extreme hunger and poverty can do. Some people are just beyond reason. 🙄

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