SP Williams Ovye-Aya, spokesman of Kogi Police Command, described the rescue operation as “very swift and pragmatic.”
The traditional ruler said the incident threw the community into mourning.
The station manager declined to comment, but witness accounts attributed the fire to a spark from the tanker.
According to him, the police and other security agencies are ready to deal with any miscreants.
The police have ordered an investigation into an alleged attack on an officer in an alleged political clash in Idah local council.
It was gathered that the shovel and the cutlass used to perpetrate the dastardly act by the stepbrother were also missing.
The police commissioner, however, expressed his sympathy to victims of last Friday’s Koton Karfe political violence that left some people wounded.
Commissioner of police in the state, Onuoha Bertrand, issued the warning in Lokoja.
The police, in conjunction with a vigilance group, on Monday rescued one kidnap victim as they neutralised two suspected kidnappers in Kogi.
The party’s secretariat was vandalised, and some materials burnt down around 10:15 a.m. on Sunday with no report of death.
