The Imo State Police Command on Wednesday confirmed a bomb blast at an oil company in Izombe, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo state.
The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Mike Abattam, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Owerri, said it occurred on Wednesday.
Abattam said the explosion took place at a facility operated by Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited.
This is coming days after about 50 people were buried after an explosion in Abaezi community, Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.
He disclosed that the Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mohammed Barde, already deployed a squad from the command’s anti-bomb unit, as well as some of its operatives to the area to prevent breakdown of law and order.
”There was a bomb blast this morning at the facility but the commissioner has deployed our men to the site,” Abattam said.
A witness who pleaded anonymous, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that two persons died in the explosion.
He said that the two middle-aged men were the carriers of the bomb, which exploded and killed them while they were trying to find their way into the flow station through the entrance.
NAN, however, reports that Addax Petroleum is one of the two oil companies located in the Izombe community. CONTINUE READING…
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