August 08, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has said the reported explosion at a Filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.
On Thursday morning, THEWILL reported an explosion that rocked the Mobil Filling Station on Obafemi Awolowo Way, near the Airport Hotel, in Ikeja. A gas tanker, cars and buses at the filling station were burnt, and several persons were injured after the tanker exploded while discharging its contents into storage tanks.
In a statement signed by Olufemi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC assured that the NGML was not affected by the explosion and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation and CNG facilities are in safe operating condition.
“The NNPC Ltd wishes to state that the reported explosion at a filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.
“The NNPC Ltd also wishes to add that the NGML was not affected by the explosion; it is not involved in the activities of the affected station and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation and CNG facilities are in safe operating condition”, the statement read in parts.
