Mkpoikana Udoma
14 October 2018, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt — Barely 24hours after NNPC 2E pipeline network caught fire along Osisioma axis near Aba depot, more leakages have been detected on the same pipeline in Mbutu and Umuaduru communities in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia state.
Confirming the new development, PRO of Osisioma Ngwa Youth Congress, Mr. Nwabueze Princewill, told our correspondent that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has been promptly informed about the new leakages, but nothing has been done up till the time of filing this report.
Princewill, who put the death toll of yesterday’s explosion at 90, said the communities’ concern right now is how to evacuate people living close to the pipeline in order to avoid more loss.
He called on the relevant authorities and Abia State government to mount pressure on NNPC to stop pumping products into the faulty pipeline, which according to him has been abandoned due to lack of maintenance for over four years now.