Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has placed the current death toll in the tanker fire incident that affected the state recently at 181, with another 80 persons in critical conditions at the hospital. Namadi who was at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday to brief the President on the situation revealed that a total of 210 families were affected by the inferno.

Recall that the incident occurred on Tuesday, October 15 when a truck carrying petrol, travelling from Kano to Nguru in Yobe State, exploded in Majia, located in the Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, following a fall that resulted in the immediate death of over one hundred individuals and injuries to many others who were scooping fuel.

The Governor said the state has already established a high powered committee under the chairmanship of retired DIG to investigate the remote causes of the incident and then advise the government on what to do.

Speaking to State House Correspondents on Tuesday, Namadi said, "the situation as at today is that there about 181 people that died and about 80 people in the hospital and about 210 families affected by this. He said he came to the State House  to brief Mr President on what happened to the state.

He said the state government has already established a high powered committee under the chairmanship of retired DIG to investigate the remote causes of that incident and then advised the government on what to do. He recalled that Mr. President had given a directive immediately to the Corps Marshal that he should investigate the matter, and that he should come up with a permanent solution to such problem in the country.