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Pipeline Explosion: Over 100 Suspected Oil Thieves Roasted To Death in Arepo
Posted by Lolade on Thu 23rd Jul, 2015 - tori.ngThe Arepo area of Ogun State was thrown into pandemonium yesterday following a pipeline explosion that claimed the lives of over a 100 suspected oil thieves.
No fewer than 100 suspected petroleum pipeline vandals were roasted to death, on Wednesday,July 22, in Arepo area of Ogun State.
The incident occurred along the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline.
Leadership learnt that the vandals were scooping fuel when it ignited the fire, which raged for several hours.
Some people could not identify the corpses of their family members and friends, while those who recogised their relatives moved the bodies in canoes.
The management of NNPC was said to have called the policemen attached to the Inspector General of Police Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline Vandalism.
Some policemen were stranded because of the swamp, and could not reach the scene where corpses were being removed.
One police officer said, “The vandals attacked members of OPC. We were, however, invited by NNPC to come and secure the area while repairs will be done on the security post. People who were roasted in this inferno should be 110. The best thing to use here is helicopter because it is not motorable”.
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