Aiteo has confirmed that the fire reported within its Right of Way (ROW) of the NCTL on April 21, 2019, has been completely put out.
The indigenous oil company also confirmed that the security team conducted further inspections at various times Tuesday and confirmed this position.
Ndiana Matthew, Aiteo group corporate communications manager informed in a statement that in line with regulatory requirements, a Joint Investigation Visit (JIV) comprising security and regulatory agencies as well as community representatives and Aiteo personnel would be constituted and deployed to the site to attend to the necessary incident formalities. This team, he stated, is expected at the incident site imminently.
According to the statement, the Joint Task Force on Security team has confirmed that sabotage of the pipeline at Awoba was responsible, and has identified some culprits and is set to act as necessary.
Aiteo is working on further site preparation and mobilisation of specialised equipment to the swamps for further remedial action to facilitate a quick return to full functionality. Further information will be made available as soon as these occur.
