- Says no links to NGML/NIPCO CNG stations
BY VICTOR BUORO – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has clarified issues surrounding the reported fire at the Mobil filling station at Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday.
A statement by the oil giant said the explosion was not related to the newly commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations that are currently operating safely and without any incident.
The statement signed by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye read thus: “The NNPC Ltd wishes to state that the reported explosion at a filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.
“The NNPC Ltd also wishes to add that the NGML was not affected by the explosion; it is not involved in the activities of the affected station and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation, and CNG facilities are in safe operating condition.”
However, eyewitness accounts indicated that the explosion occurred around 11 am, destroying at least seven vehicles. However, reports said though there were no fatalities, two persons were said to have sustained burns, and property worth millions of naira was destroyed in the fire incident.
