On Saturday, a petrol tanker rammed into several vehicles on the Abuja-Keffi Nasarawa expressway, resulting in a fatal accident.

Before colliding with the cars, the tanker was reported to have slipped out of the driver's power.

We could not immediately confirm the exact number of persons who were killed in the accident which happened at about 10 pm.

A few of the vehicles plying the busy route also caught fire after the collusion. It was not immediately clear if the tanker exploded.

A video of the scene showed residents lamenting the development which caused a gridlock along the route.

The expressway is known to usually experience heavy traffic especially along the Nyanya/Maraba axis.

The incident happened about 12 hours after a petrol tanker exploded along the Alagbole-Akute Road in Ogun state.

Nobody was killed or injured in that explosion.