The management of Dangote Industries Limited, yesterday, said the fire that gutted its Refinery and Petrochemicals Company located at the Lekki free trade zone in Lagos, has been contained without injury or bodily harm to any of the staff on duty.
The incident, at the effluent treatment plant (ETP), occurred days after the refinery’s management raised concerns about efforts by International Oil Companies (IOCs) to undermine and sabotage its operations.
An ETP is a type of wastewater treatment method, which is specifically designed to purify industrial wastewater for its reuse — to release safe water to the environment from the harmful effects caused by the effluent.
Confirming, the Group Chief Branding & Communications Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Anthony Chiejina, said it was a minor incident, which has been contained as at press time.
“There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating and there is no recorded injury or body harm to all our staff on duty,” he said.
Meanwhile, a support group of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Disciples of Jagaban (DOJ), has described the incident as an act of sabotage against the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The group, in a statement by its National Coordinator, Abdulhakeem Adegoke Alawuje, said enemies of Nigeria who destroyed the previous governments for selfish gains were still very much around and well positioned to destroy the present one.
Alawuje, however, called on Nigerians to support the President’s move to reposition the dilapidated economy in the overall interest of all, and not saboteurs who want to bring the country to its knees for personal gains.
