For the second time in less than two
weeks, activities of Pipeline Vandals on Saturday night to heavy explosion at
Alapata community area in Ido Local government area of Oyo State.The
community is located along Apete-Akufo road.
The Valve Pit was still
burning while thick smoke covered the air.
Men of
the anti-vandalisation squad of the NSCDC, the Police, NNPC team and SSS were
seen at the scene
The
heavy bang which led to scampering for safety among residents was caused by the
activities of vandals whose activities forced petroleum product out of the
Valve Pit swimming into the stream and spreading into adjourning areas
High
witnesses account has it that the explosion which occurred on Saturday night
did not claim any lives but destroyed some portions of farmlands
The
scooping hose of vandalised which was found burnt at the Valve Pit was reported
to have been passed into a location where vandals' conveying truck was located.
A
farmer, Alhaji Fatai Ayilara told newsmen that the security operatives had been
put on notice when some strange movement was noticed around the pit on
Wednesday.
Alhaji
Ayilara called for the construction of the un tarred road being used by the
vandals which he connects with Apata to increase vehicular traffic along the
road.
The
Chairman of the Ido Local Government Area, Professor Adeniyi Olowofela called
on the NNPC to use available Safety fund to fund a joint security patrol of
pipeline in the local government
Olowofela
who spoke with newsmen at the scene of the explosion fingered an insider among
the vandals.
He
then charged the national assembly to set aside special fund for communities
where pipeline vandalisation takes place as reparation for ecological
destruction.
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