The dead body recovered from the scene of a tanker explosion at Alagbado, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway on Friday, has been identified as 15-year-old Oluwatobi Lawal.
The late teenager was reportedly preparing for West African Senior School Certificate Examination and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
THE WITNESS had earlier reported that one person died after a tanker conveying 45,000 litres of petrol fell, spilled its contents and caught fire while negotiating a bend to a filling station in the area where the fuel was supposed to be discharged.
The fire reportedly broke out while some residents were scooping fuel, burning shops and three vehicles.
A video on social media showed the mother of the deceased being consoled by sympathizers as she grieved over the loss of her son, wailing uncontrollably.
“He was 15-year-old; he wanted to sit for WAEC exams,” the woman said.
The Lagos Territorial Head of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, while giving an update on the incident, said 42 shops were burnt.
He said, “The dead victim was a 15-year-old boy, Oluwatobi Lawal. The teenager was preparing to sit for WAEC exams and UTME next month. SHEMU has taken the body away.
“About 42 makeshift shops were consumed in the inferno. Transloading of the remaining contents into the underground tanks of the filling station is ongoing.”