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| Explosion at NNPC site in Lagos. |
This is a very sad and needless story.Many suspected pipeline vandals lost their lives needlessly yesterday when fire gutted at a petroleum pipeline belonging to Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, at Ijedodo, Lagos.
According to sources, the vandals had besieged the place around 6pm and were said to be scooping petroleum product into jerry cans when an argument ensued between some of them and one of them ignited the fire that caused the massive explosion.
The incident was confirmed by the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, but they refused to disclose the number of casualties.
This kind of thing has happened too many times in Nigeria around pipelines.With the rate of unemployment,surely adequate security can be provided for this pipelines.MANY are out there looking for employment.But sadly,all the money that should be deployed to the important duties,have been guzzled up by our leaders!