A security guard identified as Emmanuel was reported dead on Monday while trying to scoop fuel from a tanker at Frankies Concerns Limited, a filling station along Enerhen road, opposite MCC Junction in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
According to reports, the security guard was found dead and naked in one of the petroleum tankers, and is believed to have suffocated while attempting to scoop fuel with a bucket from the petrol tanker.
It was gathered that a driver whose name is yet to be confirmed, drove the tanker with the lifeless body of the deceased back to the filling station where the corpse was removed and taken to a mortuary in the area.
A staff of the filling station stated that the security guard hung his clothes in a stick beside one of their offices yesterday and since then, they had looked for him to no avail, only to discover his dead body later in the tanker.
“He hung his dress and short-nicker by his office. We started looking for him since yesterday until this moment, but could not be traced.
“The tanker went to depot to load fuel and his lifeless body was discovered inside the tanker when they wanted to load it and immediately the driver drove back the tanker to the filling station where the body was removed and taken to the mortuary,” according to the staff.
The Divisional Police Officer of Enerhen Police Divisional Headquarters, CSP Hassan Galadima confirmed the incident saying, “The police has commenced full scale investigation into the matter to unravel the cause of the death of the deceased,” noting that the remains of the deceased has been deposited in a mortuary.