- Safiu Kehinde
Residents of Bodo community, in Gonna local government area of Rivers state have been thrown into a state of panic as Trans Niger Pipeline exploded.
The incident, according to a post on X, occured on Monday night near the Bodo-Bonny Road under construction.
A video which emerged on Tuesday morning showed thick black smoke billowing into the atmosphere, with a raging fire spreading fast into the mangrove.
However, authorities have yet to determine whether the incident resulted from human interference, especially amid recent threats by militant groups to attack oil installations in response to the Federal Government’s withholding of Rivers State’s allocation due to the ongoing political crisis.