NEMA Dismisses Death Report On Pipeline Vandalism

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Officer, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, has debunked the reports of death and petrol leakage from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines at Ijegun-Imore community, Lagos.
Farinloye told newsmen in Lagos that there was no death or leakage of petroleum products in the community as earlier reported in some mass media.
Our correspondent reports that there were unconfirmed news reports in Lagos  in the past two days that the  were scooping petrol from another burst pipeline in the community.
The people of Ijegun-Imore had been in the news for some time now because of ruptured pipelines in the area that were later repaired by the NNPC.
“There is nothing bad going on in the community and there is no fuel around this place at all, no death, no one has died as earlier speculated.
“We (NEMA) are on ground and there is no fuel at all, we are here with the Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of pipeline vandalism, Mr Friday Ibadin.
“We also have the Special Task Force Commander from NNPC, Abuja; he is here and was dispatched because of the wrong information circulating all over.
“And there is nothing happening. NEMA is here with National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency,’’ he said.
“There is nothing going on and the pumping of fuel has started since Monday.
“So, anybody giving false alert, I think is undoing the nation and because of the false alert they are creating and sending a wrong signal to people to hoard fuel according to what we heard.’’
Farinloye said people were going about their normal duties in the community.