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.
DAILY POST earlier reported that several vehicles were
at the early hours of Wednesday burnt beyond recognition at Ebule 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
Atalas 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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