By Ayodele Oni
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nation’s Armed Forces, Security and Intelligence Agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries.
The call followed the roasting to death of scores of people when an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.
President Buhari’s directive was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu.
Reacting to what he described as a “catastrophe and a national disaster,” President Buhari said responsibility for the loss of lives and property must squarely lie with the sponsors of the illegal refinery, “who must all be caught and made to face justice.”
He condoled with the families of the victims, the Ohaji Egbema community and government and people of Imo state, describing the incident as “trauma” to the nation.
The President urged community leaders, the Police, and the Secret Service never to allow the occurrence of the heart-breaking incident in any part of the country again.
The Imo State Government has declared the owner of the illegal refinery Okenze Onyewoke.
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