Senate To Honour Man Who Drove Burning Tanker Away From Delta Community

The Nigerian Senate has resolved to honour Ejiro Otarigho, a brave tanker driver, who drove a burning tanker from a danger zone to avert a tragic fire incident in Agbarho, Delta State.

Tanker Driver Ejiro Otarigho

Over the weekend, Ejiro drove the burning truck for 25 minutes from a densely populated area to Agbarho River where the tanker was completely razed by the inferno.

Due to his bravery which saved lives and property in the community, Senate has also resolved to “invite Mr. Ejiro Otarigho to the Chamber of the Senate for public commendation by the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad  Lawan.

The Senate resolved to “Recommend Mr. Ejiro Otarigho to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, for a befitting National Honour as Mr. President may deem fit for his extraordinary act of bravery, courage and skill that prevented the loss of human lives and property on a massive scale.”

Resolutions of the Senate yesterday were sequel to a  motion by the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, APC, Delta Central, and co-sponsored by Senator James Manager (PDP, Delta South) and Senator Peter Nwaoboshi (APC, Delta North).

Rising under Order 45 and 52 of the Senate Standing Order 2021 (as amended), Senator Omo-Agege stressed that but for Ejiro’s courage, a major fire disaster which would have claimed several lives and property could have happened in his senatorial district.

Omo-Agege noted that Ejiro’s “extraordinary display of courage, reflex application of special driving skills, and huge risk to his own life, prevented a huge national tragedy and catastrophe by driving a burning tanker loaded with inflammable petroleum products from residential areas to safety so that thousands of our people may not die in an inferno that would also have consumed so much property in Agbarho, Delta State on Friday, June 10, 2022”.

The Deputy President of the Senate said that the driver’s audacious act of heroism, he stressed saved the nation from national tragedy and mourning.

In his remarks, the  President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan who presided over plenary, hailed the driver for risking his life to drive the burning truck out of the residential area to save lives.

KanyiDaily had also reported how US Government honoured an 83-year-old Muslim cleric who saved the lives of 262 Christians during an attack in Plateau State.