“The one Federal Government was maintaining was different from the one they pumped product into. We called the authorities and they said it was from the old line which government was no longer using because there were two other lines there. We received information that there was leakage on the line. Chucks Uzoije, who identified himself as a pipeline guard, said the information about the leakage spread more than three years ago, but was not attended to.Īccording to him, “The issue of the abandoned pipeline started over three years ago. In an interview with Saturday Vanguard, Mr. It was feared that some soldiers may have died in the inferno, but this could not be confirmed as at the time of filing this report.
The soldiers later brought a machine to pump water to the scene. NAMA says Azman plane did not run out of fuelĪs newsmen and sympathizers trooped to the area, some soldiers blocked the scene and prevented newsmen from taking pictures of the charred bodies. Residents of the area took the opportunity of the leakage to scoop fuel which they sold to the public. The pipeline was said to have been abandoned for about three years, but was suddenly used to pump fuel leading to heavy leakage of the product in the area. Saturday Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at 1.30 am near abandoned pipeline at Umuimo and Umuaduru villages in Osisioma Ngwa council area. Dr Baru called on host communities to create avenues to moderate criminal tendencies of a few bad eggs living among them.
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