The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation , Mele Kyari , has disclaimed reports of explosion on the Abura Crude Trunk line operated by the corporation .
The line , situated at Otu -Jeremi town in Ughelli , Delta State , which is operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company , NNPC ’s upstream subsidiary, was reported to have gone up in flames on Friday .
But speaking shortly after seeing off the 2019 NNPC Upstream Golf Tournament in Benin City on Saturday , Kyari described the incident as a mere rupture on one of the corporation ’s pipelines which would be fixed within three days .
He was quoted in a statement issued by the NNPC in Abuja as saying , “ It was not an explosion. It was a rupture on one of our pipelines.
“ Our team of engineers has since moved to the site. In three days , we should be able to fix it . We have since contained the spill coming out of that pipeline . There was no fire anywhere in the pipeline . So there is no cause for alarm .”
He said the incident would have no impact on the nation ’ s power supply and called on host communities within the area to disregard the rumour and go about their normal activities .
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