In a swift rebuttal, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd (NNPCL) has stated that the reported explosion this morning at the Mobil filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.
On news reports of the explosion, innuendos have been thrown out, suggesting that NNPCL’s CNG facilites might be the cause of the explosion or may have been affected by it.
However, as reiterated above, the statement released moments ago and signed by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, was emphatic that the NGML was not affected by the explosion; stating that the NGML is not involved in the activities of the affected station and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation and CNG facilities are in safe operating condition.
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