Imo ‘Refinery’ deaths: Intensify clampdown on illegal refineries- Buhari orders security agencies
April 24, 2022
…Commiserates with victims’ families
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries to safeguard lives of citizens.
The president gave the directive in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday.
Shehu said the directive followed the reported deaths of tens of people on Friday night, after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo.
He urged community leaders, police, and the secret service to never allow the occurrence of the heart-breaking incident in any part of the country again.
Buhari however conveyed “the condolences and the full depth and range of the nation’s shock and trauma” to the families of the victims, the Ohaji Egbema community and the government and people of Imo,