Lagos State identifies owner of tanker that caused Otedola fire and issues statement to police to make an arrest

This was revealed as owners of vehicles which were burnt in the incident met at Alausa on Tuesday for deliberations and possible compensation.

The Lagos State Government said the driver of the truck has been identified as Hassan Yusuf Maiwaka of Kano State. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transportation, Olufemi Salaam who presided over the meeting, said the vehicle was registered in Nasarawa Local Government Area in Kano State on the 24th of April 2017.

Salaam said efforts were already in place to bring Maiwaka to Lagos for appropriate prosecution under law. “I will like to inform you that the Lagos State Government has written a letter to the Commissioner of Police in the state to be able to bring this man to Lagos State from Kano, so as to be prosecuted in accordance with the law of the state,” he said.