Imo: Bomb Explodes At Addax Petroleum; Two Killed

By Charles Igbo

The insecurity in Imo continued Wednesday morning. An oil facility operated by Addax Petroleum has been bombed.

The incident happened at the facility, located  at Izombe in the Oguta Local Government Area of the State.

As at the time of writing this, two fatalities have been confirmed.

An eye witness said  the bombs were carried and detonated by two men of middle age. It is not, yet, confirmed if the carriers were the victims, or workers at the facility.

The Imo State Police Command, through its Spokesman, CSP Mike Abattam, confirmed the bomb explosion which it said happened very early in the morning of Wednesday May 4, 2022.

The Command was, however, silent on the number of the dead and the injured. It was, also, silent on how much damage the facility suffered.

Abattam said the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barda, has already sent a Police Squad from the anti-bomb unit  to the area. Other Security Operatives have, also, been deployed to the area to calm down the very panicky people and, to avoid a breakdown of the law.

This comes a couple of weeks after an explosion at an illegal petroleum refinery in the Ohaji Egbema LGA of the State, exploded and burnt to death more than 100 people.

It, also, comes a couple of days after two soldiers, male and female, who were on their way to perform their traditional wedding in the State, were beheaded by unknown gunmen, after the female soldier was brutally raped in front of her husband. Their heads were displayed on their bodies, videod, and posted on  Social Media networks.