There was confusion in parts of Ughelli in Delta State on Sunday as an explosion rocked a pipeline belonging to Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC). Though security operatives believed that the explosion was as a result of a fault, some community sources thought it was an attack by suspected militants. “Yes, there was a huge explosion on a pipeline known as Abura line at about 7.45 p.m operated by NPDC but we are not sure whether it was bombed or a fault”, a community source disclosed. A military source however confided in THISDAY that the Joint Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Delta Safe has launched investigations to unravel the circumstances surrounding the explosion on the pipeline. It was gathered that the Commanding Officer 222 battalion, Agbarha-Otor, Lt. Col. U. S Abdulsalam, the Ughelli South Division Police Officer, Oghenedoro Samuel, and heads of other security agencies in […]