Pipeline Explosion Kills 40 in Lagos

Forty Nigerian lives were wasted in the early hours of Sunday the 19th of April evening in a pipeline explosion. The unfortunate incident occurred around 6.00 p.m. on a day the effects of the artificial fuel scarcity was biting the city dwellers of the mega city of Lagos with so much hunger.

It was reported by eye witnesses who witnessed the incident that suddenly large and thick black cloud from the direction of Atlas Cove area of Lagos – a riverline area whose difficult terrain made it impossible for help to come at the earliest possible time. Corpses were seen floating on the sea even as charred bodies was seen littering the vicinity of the incident.

More than forty lives are said to have been lost to the explosion.

There have been cases of fuel pipeline explosion in the city of Lagos. Last year alone witnessed over two of such incidents. Laws that have been enacted to fight the antics and desperation of the oil -bunkerers whose actions have been the cause of the tear to the pipelines in the first instance have not yielded much result neither have they deterred miscreants from this act of economic sabotage. They open up a segment of pipeline and perpetuate illegality in their quest to tap from Nigeria’s commonwealth after watching helplessly as Nigeria’s members of the National Assembly and those in the Executive arm of government are squandering everything that Nigeria has as a country to make life meaningful to Nigerians.

In as much as one is not making any attempt to legalise illegality, Nigerians are aware that their nation is wealthy and can take care of their worries, but unfortunately, Nigeria has never been blessed with selfless leaders.