The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that fifteen individuals died in a hearth explosion at an unlawful oil refining web site in Ibaa group, Emohua Local Government Area of the state.
The Command in a press release by its Public Relations Officer, Grace Iringe-Koko revealed that it acquired misery details about the tragic fireplace explosion at Ibaa group, noting that ‘”fifteen individuals, including a pregnant woman, lost their lives in this devastating incident.”
SP Iringe-Koko said an additional twenty persons suffered various degrees of burns.
She said the deaths and injuries were a result of an explosion that occurred in an oil pipeline owned by a major oil company, which had been illegally accessed for crude oil extraction by oil thieves in Ibaa forest.
The police noted that its patrol team from the Rumuji Division promptly arrived at the scene and documented the incident “with photographs, and also facilitated a dignified evacuation of the deceaseds’ for correct burial by their grieving households.”
The assertion revealed that victims who sustained burn accidents had been instantly taken to close by medical services for therapy.
It added that the Command has initiated an intensive investigation to determine the basis trigger of the pipeline vandalization with the intention of bringing the culprits to justice.
According to the assertion, the Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, is interesting to folks and guardians to “take responsibility for guiding their children and wards from activities that could disrupt the quest for peaceful and sustainable development throughout the state.”
