Arepo explosion: NNPC resumes pumping of petrol

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GMD, NNPC, Mr. Andrew Yakubu

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said it has begun pumping of petrol through the System 2B pipeline, which was ruptured at four points on Saturday at Arepo, Ogun State.

The Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, NNPC, Ms. Tumini Green, confirmed the resumption of product pumping to our correspondent on Tuesday.

“NNPC has resumed pumping of product through the pipeline. Everything is okay now,” Green said.

However, a statement from the corporation on Tuesday also quoted the Group Managing Director, Mr. Andrew Yakubu, as saying that the four points that were ruptured by vandals, had been clamped and that the NNPC was also working out a way to make the pipeline less accessible to oil thieves and vandals.

Yakubu said, “There is no reason to entertain fear about fuel scarcity because we have enough products in Mosimi to last for some days; but beyond that, our men have already clamped the four points that were ruptured and there is no fear of disruption of distribution and supply as such.

“This is a stop gap measure. We just made some observations now on how to make the pipeline less accessible.”


Source: Punch