Bunkering is highly inflammable, a slightest mistake is explosion, oil vandalism remains a bothering a problem and a frequent occurring issues in a country blessed with crude oil as people still indulge in vandalizing the oil pipeline.
This act of drilling the pipelines with an intent of destroying and steal the oil products has to send the thieves and innocent people to early grave when oil got exploded, a lot of people, and houses are affected. The issue of illegal oil tapping is a bothering illusion in most of the developing countries who are blessed with these oil,a lot of people are ready to risk their lives in order to tap oil. Although, it's certain that poor management or maintenance, coupled with poor governance and weak legal system along environmental degradation are the common factors which prompt frequent oil pipeline vandalism by the criminals, but it reverse effects are so dangerous and damaging to the nation's economy and general well-being.
Nigeria has record serious of explosion as result of illegal oil tapping that has claimed many lives and drained the economy, one of such occurs in River State in Niger Delta while some group of people who were involved in illegal oil tapping got burnt to death when the pipeline got exploded resulting in the killing of over thirty people instantly. But why would people get involved in the exploitation of government property? why would people get involved in something that can take their lives? Doesn't mean there's no other legitimate ways of making money? who is to be problem in constant crude oil tapping explosion? But government are doing their best to ensure safety, economy growth and development, it's left for citizens to be cautious of their illegal activities.
Sadly, the sudden explosion took place in Omoku, Ogba/Egebema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State when some group youth broke oil pipeline of multiplication oil firm leading flooding of fuel which they scooped with buckets and jerrycans until it got exploded leading to the burning of over thirty people and others receiving treatment in various hospitals.
It is a very terrible incident. Imagine the death of 30 people in such a time. We leant some youths bust a company pipeline. If you go to the General Hospital and other private clinics in Omoku, you will see many of the injured people scattered all over the place in both government and private hospitals receiving treatment. The inferno occurred as a result of attempts by suspected oil thieves to light mosquito coils. The leakage was from an obsolete pipeline belonging to one of the oil companies operating in the area
At this point, I think government can set up modalities to curtail the frequent exploitation by setting up task force to enforce control over this property, it's not just about the thieves, the innocent people are also affected especially the greedy ones who wen also to scoop the flooding bunkering. Meanwhile, the bunkering when sold to people can also cause explosion because it has not reached its final stage of production, it's highly inflammable.
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