Less than a hundred oil workers were on Sunday confirmed rescued and 28 others trapped on a oil platform in Koluama 1 community of Southern Ijaw in Bayelsa State following a fire incident.
The fire, which was confirmed by the Joint Military Task Force in the Niger Delta , codenamed Operation Delta Safe started around 5am on Saturday and has blew up the oil platform and razed down residential area of oil workers.
The rescued workers have been flown to Port Harcourt on Rivers. While the others are still trapped in their residence with fire fighters and locals battling to put off the fire and save the helipad.
LEADERSHIP gathered that though fire fighters, who were flown into the communityon saturday from Port Harcourt, Rivers State , we’re assisted by indigenes of Koluama 1 and other fishing communities in the area.
A source, who was part of the indigenes who is assisting in the rescue and evacuation operation, told leadership that though the oilfield is operated…
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