Scores were feared dead on Friday when a pipeline exploded in Rumuekpe community, in the Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Sources in the area said the incident occurred as some youths were siphoning petroleum products from some pipelines located within the community.
A resident of the community, who identified himself simply Godwin, told our correspondent that the area was notorious for illegal oil bunkering, saying the youths attempted to cut one of the pipeline when the explosion occurred.
The spokesman for the state police command, Nnmadi Omoni, confirmed the incident, but said he had yet to get the casualty figure
