By OLUWOLE FAROTIMI and WOLE BALOGUN
Scores of oil thieves were yesterday feared to have been burnt to death, while scooping fuel at a site of vandalised pipeline in Ije-Ododo, near Ijegun in Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos, when an NNPC oil pipeline exploded. A witness said the raging fire started when about 30 oil thieves loaded in two canoes arrived the scene and started scooping fuel into hundreds of 50 kilogramme jerry cans.
Daily Sun learnt that luck ran out on them, when a mysterious fire started and engulfed the environment, including the thieves, their jerry cans and other materials. The fire raged for several hours, as fire fighters stayed away from the scene of the inferno. Some men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) and NNPC officials were at the scene to assess the situation.
The NSCDC officer who simply identified himself as Mr. Baiye said: “You can see that the fire is still raging. We can’t go far to examine the damaged pipeline or know the number of people killed because the pipeline is buried under water.” Residents of Ije-Ododo who spoke in separate interviews alleged that the suspected oil thieves who vandalised the pipeline conspired with the police in their nefarious activities. Confirming the incident, the Information Officer, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, for South West, Ibrahim Farinloye said NEMA was informed about the incident.
He said both state and federal firefighters were at the scene of the inferno but could not do much because it required a technical way to handle. However, residents of the community blamed the authority of the NNPC for the explosion. According to them, such explosion had become an annual ritual. They questioned the motive behind the withdrawal of security men guarding the pipeline facilities in Oke Agemo axis of the area.
According to the traditional ruler of the community, Alhaji Chief Tajudeen Suberu Ododo, the inability of firefighters to put off the fire was because of the inaccessible road to the scene. A resident, who identified himself as Isiaka Bello Ajadi told Daily Sun that: “The fire started around 10:00p.m on Monday night and it was very serious that many people started running away from the scene.” “Since 1996, we have been writing and appealing to NNPC to sandfill that road and links us with Abule Ado but they have refused to answer us. See what has happened now.”
Meanwhile many residents of the community have since Monday night been relocating from the scene of the incident for fear of escalation of the inferno, even as Fire Service men, National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) and Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) officials are still battling to put out the fire.
I don’t feel any sorry for those thieves cos they know the dander involved in what they were doing. A fly that refused to hear goes to grave with corps! GBAM!!!
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U’re an idiot,u doesn’t feel for them,do u know how u’ll end ?.eburu ozu onye ozo oburu ukwu nku,makakwu dika gu.don’t play joke with everything.
We need to stop personalizing issues my people, eazyboy merely stated how he feels about the situation. It is either you like it or leave it alone. No point getting personal.
Nigerian govts are responsible for there death and as such, they will answer querry when the time comes. If jobs have been created through the proceed of this crude oil, such a thing wouldn’t have happend. Anyway, may they ever rest in peace.
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May people learn der lessons 4rm oda people’s experiences. May their souls rest in peace. Equally d issues of security, provision of social amenities and equiping d fire fighters with modern facilities 4 der work shd b taken very seriously by d government.
May their souls rest in perfect peace.
Their souls will not rest in peace, bcos they are economy sabbotauers.
Let them go to hail.
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They died while trying to eat the NATIONAL CAKE.
Very funny uchebest.
Even if d river flows up d mountain d truth will and must ever remains d truth.pls tell me d defferent between an arm robber and pipeline vandalizer ? Their soul will never rest in peace n dats d truth take it or leave it
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I am sorry for those innocent life lost as a result of Govt’s inability to do things right.in a civilized society this continued
incidence will bring govt down but not in Nigeria where fools
are leaders.remember Japan govt have to go bcos of earthquake which is natural disaster.they were only accused of not handling it well.
why blame or call them oil thieves when the proceed from the same oil(15billion naira) will be use to build residential house for VP.talk of his boss that will may be 30-50billion,senate president,house of rep speaker,and
others including retired head of states,serving govs and retired govs,etc.by the time you sum it up U will discover that more than 1 trillion is spent on this big fools in a year
U are blaming unemployed graduates and others who can’t feed on daily basis.pls have U ever being hungry without knowing where the next food will come from not
talking of being sick.do you hear recently that some public schools in Abuja,children study under the trees.
they don’t want them to have good education so that only
their own children will have and continue to be future leaders and rulers.the same Abuja the spend billions on
COJA,50th independence,now they are talking rubbish of
100years of amalgamation.the day solution will come will be the only days Nigerians will come out in their numbers to demand that their govt should give them the
pitfalls from their golden tables to eat without that no work,no movement.infact Arab recent revolt will be a child play.the very day Nigerians will cry in their millions,
may be God may answer by send another Gideon Okar,
Tune Idiagbon not Buhari bcos today Buhari is dining with Tinubu inorder to become president at all cost.the other the same Buhuari said Abacha wasn’t corrupt.the
day Idiagbon,Oakar,JJ Rawlings or earth quake of the Lord will start to visit this evil leaders and their families and the cronies both in their residential and official houses which will result into continuous sudden death.
that may be the only thing that may change the few ones.
Pls pastors stop praying good prayers for this so called
evil rulers.they know what they are doing.they are only being wicked.the book of Isaiah said if you do good to whom that breaks the law he will continue to break the law.one thing i know if you continue to pray for this evil
rulers the fierce anger of the lord will still visit them and
their families except those who didn’t support them.do U
know every day people like us continue to cry when you
continue to think where this country is heading to upon
blessings God bestowed on it.OH LORD PLS HEAR THE
CRY OF YR PEOPLE LET ALL THOSE WHO MADE THIS
COUNTRY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY TO BE IN THIS CONDITION BECOME DESOLATE IN
JESUS NAME.
Oga Favour30, you can pray until the world come to an end, GOD WILL NOT COME TO OUR AID! Yes you were on point until you said Buhari is off the menu of good leaders. Buhari will cleanse Nigeria to a point that, the world willshake and bow for Nigeria. The reason the people of Nigeria have refused to vote for him has been because, the evil leaders know that he will catch all of them. So if you know that your fear is round the corner, what will you do? The answer is to make sure that your fear does not catch up with you. They demonised Buhari so that we will look at him as evil. Buhari is the only one in Nigeria so far that will have the GUTS to Deal with these Thieves.
The western world dealt withSadam by telling the world that he has Weapon of Mass Destruction…did they find it NO. Oh he killed his people by gasing them…for where? They were only interested in their oil and strategic position in the middle east…yet Isreal is operessing the palestinians….its a sweet world.
We need to take on these people and God will not do it for us. Nigerians are cowards…they are thinking of their families and friends and pastors dine with evil leaders and make so much money and condone their evil by telling us that God will help us and deliver us from the hands of bad leaders…for where.
G’G you are even more than an idiot, is it because you are his fellow colleague, thief ? that is why you are supporting him. G’G, you and your thief colleagues that are still alive should better desist from vandalisation of pipe lines now or your set would be the next to die.
We have become a pathetic people. We blame Govt for everything. When a bunch of economic saboteurs die, it is the fault of govt. Meanwhile it our commonwealth that they are appropriating to themselves. They steal the resources that should be used to provide roads and other infrastructures and we justify them.They destroy pipelines,
Govt spend our commonwealth for repairs.
Thank u all dat comment .but on aburi accord i stand .God bless fed rep of biafra.
may God forgive them and make their souls rest in peace.But for God’s sake,how many times will pipeline fire be recorded within the same Ijegun axis?.Govt, please be responsible at least for once and let nigerians know that we have Government in place even though most of you force yourself on us!.God will surely judge you according to the Holy Qurn for leaving your duties undone and contributing to the deth of people under you unnecessarily!
Nigerian and big big grammar.
God have mercy on your children. Pls we have to lean how to have mercy on our fellow human beings. Is very important but one thing i know very well is that the ways of man is quite different from ways of God. RIP the victim included.
I wise man learn from other people experiences. they are lazy and greedy. There many ways anybody can live, but depends on your choice. They choose the fast way to survive. Everybody know the danger associated with PMS. Poverty is never an excuse for this practice.
Nemesis of cheat.
That idiot that said the thievs connaied with police that is means you are among theivs if not how did you know? Biggggggggg fooooooooool go and sleep idiot.
This country is becoming too dreadful to live in , with all these incidents. God help Nigeria. May their souls rest in peace. Even in the midst of hardship, people should stop
playing with their lives.
It is unfortunate that these guys were called thieves.When the real thieves and robbers are the oil carbals that are responsible for the increase in fuel price.Those that were feared dead were just a group of poor and jobless people who were just trying to tap their own part of the national cake without knowing that not all the parts of the national cake are palatable.May their souls rest in perfect peace.
THE PRICE PAID FOR GREED.
when shall we learn from other peoples mistake how can we relate this to poverty is it noy beter to stay alife poor than to go and scoop to death may their soul rest in peace.
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It is a pity.
marry christmas to them.. make them the go first we are coming behind.. bunch of idiots