Fire has ravaged properties worth millions of naira at Abonnema Wharf in Port Harcourt City Council, Rivers State.
The facilities ravaged by fire was said to have belonged to Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC).
Africa Investigative Magazine learned that there was fire incident around
The State Commissioner for Special Duties, Emeka Onowu, who confirmed the incident disclosed that the Attorney General of the state had called his attention to the development.
Onowu said: “Just look at the fire incident going on here.it will tell you that something is fishy. Look at the more batch (shanties) everywhere.
“If the government comes to demolish it, people will start saying a governor is a wicked man. This is a tank farm and an explosion came.
Onowu said: “Just look at the fire incident going on here.it will tell you that something is fishy. Look at the more batch (shanties) everywhere.
“If the government comes to demolish it, people will start saying a governor is a wicked man. This is a tank farm and an explosion came.
“Where you have a tank farm, do you expect people to be cooking or lighting fire around that area? These are the causes of this fire because either they are using gas, firewood, or light.
“But this is not the first time that this first, second, or third time this is happening here. But this is the worst. And by Monday I don’t think we are going to have any shanty here again.”
“Where you have a tank farm, do you expect people to be cooking or lighting fire around that area? These are the causes of this fire because either they are using gas, firewood, or light.
“But this is not the first time that this first, second, or third time this is happening here. But this is the worst. And by Monday I don’t think we are going to have any shanty here again.”
“Unfortunately, the company closed to this place is Shell Petroleum Development Company(SPDC) and I am surprised that they have not responded.
“I have been trying to see if I can get in contact with them, to find out really why they have not responded taking into consideration that they have a facility just close to where the fire incident happened.”
