The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has said that the 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 (CNG) Stations, which, it said, are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.
It added that that the NGML was not affected by the explosion; and that it is not involved in the activities of the affected station and all NGML facilities in Lagos, including pipelines, metering stations, above-ground installation
According to it, CNG facilities are in safe operating condition.
These were contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye.
He 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 (CNG) Stations, which are currently functioning and running safely without any incident.
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.”
