At least two persons have been confirmed dead in an explosion in Imo State.
The incident, which occurred at Addax oil company at Izombe in the Oguta Local Government Area, caused panic in the area.
The Police in Imo on Wednesday confirmed the bomb blast at the oil company in Izombe, but did not comment on the casaulaties.
The Command’s spokesperson, CSP Mike Abattam, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Owerri, said it occurred in the early hours of Wednesday.
Abattam said the explosion occurred at a facility operated by Addax Petroleum Development Nigeria Limited.
According to him, Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mohammed Barde, already deployed a squad from the command’s anti-bomb unit, as well as some of its operatives to the area to prevent breakdown of law and order.
”It happened, there was a bomb blast this morning at the facility but the commissioner has deployed our men to the site,” Abattam said.
A witness who pleaded anonymity, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that two persons died in the explosion.
He said that the two middle aged men were the carriers of the bomb, which exploded and killed them while they were trying to find their way into the flow station through the entrance.
NAN, however, reports that Addax Petroleum is one of the two oil companies located in the Izombe community.
NAN
