The company additionally rescued no less than 10 other folks from the scene of the coincidence.
Chairman of the Oyo State Fireplace Carrier, Hon. Maroof Akinwande, made those disclosures in a remark made to be had on Saturday.
DAILY POST accumulated that the coincidence came about within the Ajao house, alongside the Iwo Street–Ojoo Parkway in Ibadan, on Saturday.
The tanker therefore collided with a taxi conveying passengers and different cars.
The company recovered no fewer than 5 our bodies from the scene, whilst 10 other folks had been rescued alive.
Confirming the incident, Akinwande defined that his males recovered 5 our bodies and rescued 10 other folks.
He attributed the coincidence to brake failure.
He mentioned: “Upon arrival, we found out that the coincidence concerned a tanker with registration quantity B14R316XB (Abuja), loaded with 45,000 litres of Automobile Gasoline Oil (AGO).
“The tanker misplaced keep an eye on whilst in movement, somersaulted and crashed right into a Nissan Micra with registration quantity AGG669XK (Oyo). It additionally collided with 3 different cars whose registration numbers had been unknown.
“5 individuals had been recovered and passed over to a group of cops from Kajorepo Divisional Police Headquarters, whilst 10 individuals had been rescued alive from the coincidence.
“The incident used to be on account of brake failure of the tanker.”