Benue tanker explosion survivors recount ordeal
Paul Ayange, 18, an SS2 student of Mbabo Community Secondary School in Ahumbe village had no idea he would end up in hospital with severe burns when he embarked on his usual short trek after school on Monday, July 1, 2019. But he did, following the petroleum tanker explosion along Makurdi-Aliade-Otukpo highway in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State.
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