JUST IN: Another Explosion Rocks Oil Facility in Rivers State

An explosion has occurred Tuesday afternoon at a pipeline manifold in the Omwawriwa axis of Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State.

This comes few hours after a similar explosion rocked the Trans-Niger Pipeline at Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State operated by Shell petroleum on Tuesday morning.

The latest explosion reportedly occurred at a manifold which connects a federal pipeline deep inside the forest which transport crude oil to Brass.

Although, Niger Delta Militants and Agitators had earlier threatened to bomb oil facilities in Rivers state following the political tension in the state, non as at press time have come out to claim responsibility of either of the explosions that rocked the state on Tuesday.