An explosion has rocked a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The explosion occurred late on Monday night near the Bodo-Bonny Road under construction.
But the development could not be linked to natural occurrence or the threat arising from the ongoing political crisis in the state.
Thick black smoke was seen billowing into the atmosphere, with a raging fire spreading fast into the mangrove from a video that emerged on Tuesday morning.
The TNP is a federal transport line that supplies oil to the Bonny Export Terminal in Rivers State.
When contacted, the Police spokesperson in the state, Grace Iringe-Koko, said she would find out and revert. But the police image maker was yet to do so at press time.
