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Pipeline Fire: Senator Wants FG to Beef Up Security From Emmanuel Ugwu in Enugu Following the pipeline fire that killed six persons, including a man and his three daughters, at Ogbeke village in Agbani, the Senator representing Enugu East, Chief Ken Nnamani, has called on Federal Government and relevant authorities to beef up security at the nation's oil pipelines. He made the call at the weekend while speaking with newsmen at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, saying enhanced security would forestall further vandalisation, which he described as the height of economic sabotage and cruelty. Nnamani, who was at the hospital to commiserate with the only surviving victim of the inferno, Nnabuike Edeh, after visiting the scene of the vandalised oil pipeline in his constituency, noted that given the expertise used in drilling the valve into the pipeline, it was difficult for anybody in the village to have done that. According to him, the economic sabotage might have been perpetrated by people in the oil sector, who are bent on making money at all costs without minding the consequences of their action on the lives of the poor villagers. His words: "I noticed that what happened there could not have been done by the villagers. It must have been done by experts, engineers for that matter. The site of the vandalisation is very close to the road so that they can take their tankers there and siphon fuel. I consider it the height of economic sabotage and cruelty because the overflowing fuel there killed farm crops and rendered the river very useless beside deaths of several people caused by the vandalisation." Nnamani, who also visited the families of the victims with relief materials and cash, noted that the villagers had been thrown into more hardship as the Esu River, which is the major source of drinking water for the people of Agbani and Akpugo had been seriously polluted by the oil spill from the vandalized pipes. "They (villagers) depend on the river called Esu. It is completely polluted and people are no longer able to fetch water in that area and it goes quite a long stretch of over five miles," he lamented. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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