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Okrika Community Raise Alarm Over Leaking NNPC Pipelines

Okrika Community Raise Alarm Over Leaking NNPC Pipelines

Residents of Ibuluya Ama area in Okrika Local Government Council area in Rivers State have raised alarm over the leakage from the pipelines of Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, which has been noticed for over a week now.

Commissioner for Environment in Rivers State, Dr Igbiks Tamuno who visited the site of the leakage along with Philemon Kingolo, Chairman of Okrika local government area in Rivers State, has confirmed an NNPC pipeline leakage at Ibuluya Ama in Okrika Local Government Area.

The main cause of the pipeline leakage has not been ascertained whether it was system failure or vandalization by …