An explosion has rocked a section of the Trans-Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State, Southern Nigeria.
The explosion occurred late on Monday night near the Bodo-Bonny Road under construction.
Thick black smoke was seen billowing into the atmosphere, with a raging fire spreading fast into the mangrove from a video that emerged Tuesday morning.
The Trans-Niger Pipeline is a federal transport line that supplies oil to the Bonny Export Terminal in Rivers State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred near Bodo-Bonny Road, which is currently under construction by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc through a joint funding partnership between Nigeria LNG Limited and the Federal Government of Nigeria. Investigation, however, is underway to ascertain if the explosion was due to sabotage.
The police spokesperson in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, when contacted, said she was yet to get the full details of the incident and get back to our reporter.
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