The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC) has shutdown fuel supply on system 2B pipeline, the
installation rocked by an early morning fire at densely populated Abule Egba
area of Lagos State, on Wednesday.
Recall that
several vehicles were at the early hours of Wednesday burnt beyond recognition
at Abule Egba area of Lagos in a fire explosion caused by activities of
suspected pipeline vandals.
Residential and commercial houses
were also affected.
Group General manager, Group
Public Affairs division of NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, in a statement said that the
Group Managing Director of Corporation, Dr. Maikainti Baru, has directed the
Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company to carry out full investigation of the
incident and effect immediate repairs of affected portion.
The corporation said the swift
action was a precautionary move by its subsidiary, Pipelines and Products
Marketing Company (PPMC), which aided the extinguishing of the raging inferno.
The statement read in part:
“System 2B is the pipeline that is used to transport refined petroleum products
from Atlas Cove to depots in Satellite Town, Ejigbo in Lagos; Mosimi in Ogun
State; Ibadan in Oyo State; Ore in Ondo State and Ilorin in Kwara State.
“While the whole stretch of the
pipeline has been the target of vandals in the past, the section at Abule Egba
has also been a notorious spot through, which scores of lives have been lost in
the past.
“The Wednesday’s vandalisation
and resultant fire incident on the pipeline in Abule Egba area of Lagos would
however not affect petroleum products distribution during the Christmas
season.”
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