BREAKING: Another explosion rocks Rivers State as militants reconvene
BREAKING: Another explosion rocks Rivers State as militants reconvene
State of Emergency: Another explosion rocks gas facility in Rivers as militants reconvene
By By Emma Amaize, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Daniel Abia, Adeola Badru, Port Harcourt
Barely a week after a major explosion occurred on the Trans-Niger pipeline in Bodo, Gokana local government area of Rivers State, another explosion has reportedly occurred at the Soku oil facility in Akuku Toru LGA of the state.
Raising the alarm on the latest development, the Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria), a grassroots non-government organization with a strong presence in communities across the Niger Delta, confirmed that it received information in the early hours of yesterday of an alleged explosion at Soku oil facility in Akuku Toru Local Government Area, operated by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG Limited.
In a statement in Port Harcourt signed by the Executive Director, Dr Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface, the group said it confirmed the explosion through its youth volunteers network in the area.
According to the report, “an explosion accompanied by fireballs was heard and seen in the sky from the facility area which is hard-to-reach and the fire is still ongoing at the time of this report.”
