Fear grips residents as Agip gas pipeline leaks in Bayelsa
Palpable fear, on Tuesday, gripped the residents of Bayelsa Palm road, Yenagoa, following a massive gas leakage from a suspected pipeline belonging to Nigeria Agip Oil Company.
Sources disclosed that a loud explosion from suspected dynamite was heard on Monday night at about 11pm and, by Tuesday, there was a massive gas release to the atmosphere from the site of the pipeline, which is about 300 metres from the Bayelsa Palm road.
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Environment, would also visit the place to put a demarcation to restrict movement of people, to avoid any untoward incident.
Sources close to Agip said the company fixed the pipeline in a few days and lamented that after fixing, vandals blew it up again.
“The Nigerian Agip Oil Company is working actively to depressurise the pipeline, in order to affect repairs on it,” the source added.
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