Tension in Abia communities as NNPC pipeline bursts
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There is apprehension in Amaibo and Amiyiuhu communities in
Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State following the
rupture of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation pipeline
that passes through the area.
The oil spillage, which was detected on August 30, according to
sources in the communities, had polluted their only source of
drinking water.
Conducting journalists round the site on Wednesday, the
member representing Isuikwuato in the Abia State House of
Assembly, Hon. Uloma Onuoha, appealed to the Federal
Government and management of the NNPC to quickly repair the
leakage to avoid fire disaster.
She said quick intervention was needed to save the communities
from impending doom posed by the spillage.
The lawmaker also appealed to youths in the area to stay away
from the burst pipelines to avoid any ugly incident.
In their separate contributions, the traditional rulers of the two
communities, His Royal Highnesses Eze Barnabas Okoronkwo
and Ifeanyichukwu Ugoagha, lamented that their farmlands had
also been damaged by the spillage.
They recalled that no fewer than 100 people in the communities
lost their lives in 2003 following a pipeline explosion.
The traditional rulers said quick intervention was needed so that
youths of the area would not be tempted to scoop oil from the
spillage to avoid severe consequences associated with such
actions.
Adding his voice, a youth leader in the area and the head of
guards securing the pipeline, Mr. Aloysius Agu, said they had
reported to NNPC when they noticed the spillage.
He attributed the cause of the spillage to weak pipelines, which
he said were due for replacement.
Agu, who said a technical team from NNPC had visited the site,
called for urgent intervention to save the people from the
impending disaster.
There is apprehension in Amaibo and Amiyiuhu communities in
Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State following the
rupture of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation pipeline
that passes through the area.
The oil spillage, which was detected on August 30, according to
sources in the communities, had polluted their only source of
drinking water.
Conducting journalists round the site on Wednesday, the
member representing Isuikwuato in the Abia State House of
Assembly, Hon. Uloma Onuoha, appealed to the Federal
Government and management of the NNPC to quickly repair the
leakage to avoid fire disaster.
She said quick intervention was needed to save the communities
from impending doom posed by the spillage.
The lawmaker also appealed to youths in the area to stay away
from the burst pipelines to avoid any ugly incident.
In their separate contributions, the traditional rulers of the two
communities, His Royal Highnesses Eze Barnabas Okoronkwo
and Ifeanyichukwu Ugoagha, lamented that their farmlands had
also been damaged by the spillage.
They recalled that no fewer than 100 people in the communities
lost their lives in 2003 following a pipeline explosion.
The traditional rulers said quick intervention was needed so that
youths of the area would not be tempted to scoop oil from the
spillage to avoid severe consequences associated with such
actions.
Adding his voice, a youth leader in the area and the head of
guards securing the pipeline, Mr. Aloysius Agu, said they had
reported to NNPC when they noticed the spillage.
He attributed the cause of the spillage to weak pipelines, which
he said were due for replacement.
Agu, who said a technical team from NNPC had visited the site,
called for urgent intervention to save the people from the
impending disaster.
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