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(From The News (Nigeria) - AAGM)

Byline: Oluokun Ayorinde

Deaths From Fire Outbreaks At Vandalised Petroleum Products Pipelines Do Not Deter Vandals As NNPC Counts Its Multi-Billion Naira Losses

The sight was gory and repulsive. Charred remains of men, women and children roasted to death at Imore, Lagos State, in the course of an illicit, oily adventure turned sour.

Such incidents have become regular since July 1998 when over 1000 people died in a fire explosion that resulted from a vandalised petroleum products pipeline in Jesse, Delta State . The Jesse incident, which focused world's attention on Nigeria for more than a month, has ...

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