At least ten persons have been reported dead in Oyibo Local Government Area of Rivers State following an explosion in a pipeline in the area.
The incident reportedly occurred in Kom Kom community of the LGA, about midday on Saturday. Sources close to the scene said the explosion sparked off fire which supposedly burnt the victims.
The Police in the state have confirmed the incident but could not ascertain the actual number of casualty as at the time of filing this report.
A correspondent who spoke in confidence stated that the exploded pipeline was transporting gasolene from Port Harcourt to Aba, before vandals tampered with it to bunker and eventually led to the explosion
The person also insisted that the pipeline was not that of the Anglo/Dutch oil giant, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), as being insinuated.
