By our reporter| Two people were killed on Wednesday following an explosion at a flow station in the oil-producing community of Izombe in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
The explosion occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at the facility operated by Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited.
Imo state police command spokesman, Micheal Abattam, who confirmed the incident to reporters, explained that the Commissioner of Police immediately drafted the command’s anti-bomb unit, as well as some operatives of the command to the area to prevent any breakdown of law and order.
” It happened, there was a bomb blast this morning at the facility but the commissioner has deployed our men to the site,” Abattam said.
According to an eyewitness account, the two persons killed in the explosion were carriers of the bomb.
The eyewitness explained that the victims were trying to find their way into the flow station through the entrance when the bomb exploded and killed them.
Another witness who pleaded anonymity, confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that two persons died in the explosion.
He said that the two middle-aged men were the carriers of the bomb, which exploded and killed them while they were trying to find their way into the flow station through the entrance.
NAN, however, reports that Addax Petroleum is one of the two oil companies located in the Izombe community. (NAN)
Addax Petroleum is one of the two oil companies located in the Izombe community. In recent times, the community has been a hotbed of insecurity and violence.
The most recent is the clash between some youths in the area and officials of the Nigeria Army which left many dead and several houses destroyed.
With NAN report
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