An explosion on Monday night, rocked a major oil pipeline, the Trans-Niger Pipeline at Bodo, located within the Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State.
TheNewsGuru learnt that affected section of the major pipeline was on fire Tuesday morning even though the incident occurred at night.
Authorities are still investigating, to determine whether the incident resulted from human interference, especially amid recent threats from militant groups aimed at oil facilities, which have arisen in response to the Federal Government’s decision to withhold Rivers State’s allocation amid the ongoing political turmoil.
The cause of the explosion, which caused the billowing of a thick black smoke into the atmosphere, is yet to be established
When contacted, the Rivers State Police Command’s spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, said she did not have the full details of the incident yet.
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