Panic as Julius Berger ruptures gas pipeline on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
• Julius Berger should be punished, says NEMA
Chukwudi Akasike, Samson Folarin, Deji Lambo, Okechukwu Nnodim and Daud Olatunji
Residents of Arepo and Magboro in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, as well as motorists and commuters, were in panic on Wednesday after a gas pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation was ruptured by employees of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, who were working on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The incident occurred around 9.30am in front of
PUNCH Place, headquarters of Punch Nigeria Limited in, Magboro, Ogun State.