Lagos Filling Station Explosion Unconnected With CNG Centre — NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited said the inferno from a Filling Station explosion in Lagos has nothing to do with the compressed natural gas station recently unveiled by the NNPC Gas Marketing Limited and NIPCO.

A Mobil fuel station located near the Airport Hotel on Obaferni Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos had exploded on Thursday, leaving two people critically injured, six vehicles burnt, and segments of a nearby building destroyed.

It was believed that the fire incident was caused by the explosion of a 12-tonne gas truck at the filling station.

However, reacting to the incident, NNPCL said, “The NNPC Ltd wishes to state that the reported explosion at a filling station in Ikeja, Lagos, has nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd (NGML)/NIPCO Compressed Natural Gas Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.”

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the NNPC spokesman, Olufemi Soneye.

He added that the CNG station was not affected by the explosion.

“The NNPC Ltd also wishes to add that the NGML was not affected by the explosion; it 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,” he noted.