An explosion has occurred at the site of a vandalised
NNPC oil pipeline at Ijedodo, near Ijegun in Iba Local Council Development Area
of Lagos State, South West Nigeria.
Some oil thieves were reported to have been burnt to
death, while scooping fuel at the vandalised pipeline, near Festac Town.
According to a witness, the raging fire started about 8
hours ago, when about 30 oil thieves stormed the scene in two canoes and
started scooping fuel into hundreds ofjerry cans. Meanwhile, NNPC
officials have reportedly shut-down supplies to the pipeline, as officials of
the National Emergency Management Agency found it difficult to access the scene
of the incident due to the swampy nature of the terrain.
There is no official count on the number of casualties as
at the time of this report.
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