Vandals attack Ije-Ododo pipeline, NNPC shuts facility in Lagos

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday said vandals had attacked petroleum pipeline at Ije-Ododo community in Ijegun area of Lagos.

Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesman for NEMA in South West said the incident occurred at about 11.15 p.m. on Monday.

He said the suspected vandals severed a petroleum pipeline, forcing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to shut down the facility.

The NEMA spokesman said NNPC had shut down the flows and locked the valves to stop further supply to the fire.

Farinloye said fire service and other emergency services had arrived at the scene to put out the fire which was raging at the time of this report.

He said the emergency service officials and fire fighters were able to secure access to the scene.

He also said the terrain was difficult to access due to its swampy nature.

Reports showed that Ije Ododo line is directly from Atlas Cove which supplies products to Mosinmi depot in Ogun which further distributes to other parts of the South West.

NAN