Jemilah Abdullahi, A 39-year-old tipper driver, has died after he drowned inside a diesel tanker compartment while attempting to steal diesel inside a company's premises in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state on Monday, 

SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson of the state police command, said the deceased fell inside the company’s diesel tank while scooping fuel into a container and that his swollen body was recovered by the workers on Monday January 23.

Hundeyin words, "The police received a distress call on January 23, 2023 around 1.15am that a tipper driver attached to Kinlon Company, Ketu Ereyun, Ikorodu, Lagos, had allegedly fallen inside the company’s diesel tank and drowned while stealing diesel.

The divisional officer of Ketu Ereyun led a team of police officers to the scene and recovered the swollen body of the man, identified as Jemilah Abdullahi.

It took the combined efforts of the police and some other persons to retrieve the swollen body from the belly of the tank.” 

Hundeyin also said that investigation into the incident continues while the corpse of the deceased had been taken to Epe General Hospital morgue for an autopsy.