THE Pipeline Products and Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of
the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday confirmed
another fire caused by pipeline vandals at Ilado, a community around
the Atlas Cove.
Mr Nasir Imodagbe, Manager, Media Relations and External Affairs of
PPMC told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the vandals
broke the pipelines to siphon petroleum products.
Imodagbe said the fire incident at the high sea in Lagos was caused
by a group of vandals who came with their canoe to siphon the product.
He said that the fire which moved through the pipeline toward the Atlas Cove Jetty, was put off by officials who were on ground.
“We have shut the product network from Atlas Cove to allow repairs of the damaged line immediately,” he said.
Imodagbe, however, assured Nigerians and Lagosians not to panic as adequate measures had been put in place to combat the menace.
“We are going to reopen the shut line immediately the repairs are
effected. The Ilado community area is known for notorious pipeline
vandalism,” Imodagbe said.
Some community leaders at Ilado village, who preferred to be
anonymous, alleged that security agencies had compromised with vandals
on the offshore area of the pipelines.
The South-West image maker of the National Emergency Management
Agency (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye, also confirmed to Nigerian Tribune
that the explosion was as a result of pipeline vandalisation.
He stated that men of the agency recovered about 200 jerry cans of 50 litres and three burning boats belonging to the vandals.
Farinloye said that the fire was finally put out around 10:48 in
yesterday morning and adding that cooling and pegging processes would
commence soon.
He emphasized that “it is not a barge, but vandalisation of NNPC pipelines, against earlier information that a barge exploded.”
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