NNPC Clarifies Lagos Depot Fire Incident
. Says Inferno Will Not Affect Fuel Supply
By Sulaimon Salau
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has assured that the fire incident in a depot in Lagos will, in no way, affect petroleum products supply and distribution across the country.
Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., Olufemi Soneye, in a statement to Slye News said the fire incident at a tank farm in Marine Beach, Apapa, Lagos, was at a depot belonging to HOGL Energy Ltd (Honeywell Depot), and not an NNPC Retail Ltd.’s facility as circulated by early responders.
He said the fire, which has since been extinguished, was as a result of petroleum products spillage within the perimeter of the tank farm.
Soneye said NNPC and other depots in the area have resumed loading activities.
“NNPC assures that the incident will, in no way, affect petroleum products supply and distribution across the country,” he stated.
