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Nigeria- A Lagos suburb, Baruwa, has dragged the NNPC, the Federal government and other bodies to court over its negligence and nonchalance over the oil spillage resulting from leaky underground pipes which is contaminating the community, Leadership reports.
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Baruwa community, a suburb in the outskirts of Lagos, has vowed to go to court and seek justice over what they described as criminal negligence by the federal government and its agencies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), its marketing arm, the Pipeline and Petroleum Marketing Company (PPMC) and the industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
The community has declared its intention to prosecute the agencies after efforts to explore dialogue and other peaceful initiatives failed to compel the government and these agents to clean up their environment contaminated by underground pipeline leakage.
Speaking with LEADERSHIP, the Baale of Baruwa, Alhaji Halid Baruwa, said the NNPC has neglected them over the years and that the leakage from their aged, rusted petroleum pipeline has completely contaminated their source of water supply.
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Excerpt:
Baruwa community, a suburb in the outskirts of Lagos, has vowed to go to court and seek justice over what they described as criminal negligence by the federal government and its agencies, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), its marketing arm, the Pipeline and Petroleum Marketing Company (PPMC) and the industry regulator, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).
The community has declared its intention to prosecute the agencies after efforts to explore dialogue and other peaceful initiatives failed to compel the government and these agents to clean up their environment contaminated by underground pipeline leakage.
Speaking with LEADERSHIP, the Baale of Baruwa, Alhaji Halid Baruwa, said the NNPC has neglected them over the years and that the leakage from their aged, rusted petroleum pipeline has completely contaminated their source of water supply.
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#Nigeria #Baruwa
