LAGOS – Mufutau Egberongbe, the member representing Apapa Federal Constituency in the house of Representaves has raised the alarm over the fresh invasion of petroleum tankers in the Apapa area of the state.
Egberongbe also called Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to explain to Nigerians what is responsible for the recent development, which according to him may return insanity to the area.
The lawmaker explained that he has it on good authority that Satelite Town Tank Farms have been shut, which he said might have been responsible for the renewed surge of petroleum tankers in Apapa.
Speaking with newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, the lawmaker said, “I am forced to cry out because I was shocked to see tankers gradually trooping into Apapa again after the presidential special taskforce has successfully taken off the road.
“I had to make my findings and what I was told was that the tank farms site at Satellite Town area of the state has been shut for whatever reason and that has forced all of them to reroute to Apapa.”
Egberongbe described the situation as unusual, stating that the recent development might lead to nationwide fuel scarcity, thereby urging the NNPC to address the nation on the reason why the Satellite Town tank farms were shut.
“This is very unusual. We have never had it this much where petrol tankers would be this much in a particular location. So, apart from the fear of causing traffic congestion, I think the NNPC needs to talk to Nigerians because this might likely lead to another nationwide fuel scarcity.
“A situation where tankers cannot lift fuel from other tank farms, then it would end up resulting in fuel scarcity. So the NNPC needs to assure the people that this recent development will not result in scarcity,” he added.
It would be recalled that residents of Satellite Town in August threatened to take the case of the degradation and pollution of their environment to the United Nations body responsible for looking into human rights violations
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