MEND RESPONSIBLE FOR WARRI REFINERY FIRE

The nation was yesterday saved from another disaster of huge magnitude with the timely and decisive control of a fire that gutted a section of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC) in Delta State. It was gathered that the fire started at about 11am from one of the refining plants and was on the verge of spreading but for the timely intervention of fire fighters. It was learnt that fire fighters from Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL), (Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the state's fire fighters as well as the standby fire fighters from the WRPC and that of PPMC battled for about two hours before the raging inferno was brought under control. Police Commissioner Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba told journalists on telephone that six suspected persons had been arrested in connection with the inferno, adding that investigation was ongoing. Meanwhile, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Gas section of the NNPC Refinery in Warri, Delta State, claiming that the action was done in protest against the unsustainable and alleged fraudulent Niger Delta Amnesty Programme that has gulped billions of naira.