Buhari orders clampdown on illegal refineries
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a clampdown on illegal refineries following the fatal fire incident that occurred at Abaezi Forest, in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State, on Friday.
TheCornet reports that an explosion occurred at the illegal refinery, resulting in many deaths.
In a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu, President Buhari “directed the nation’s armed forces, security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries”.
The president described the incident as a “catastrophe and a national disaster.”
“President Buhari said responsibility for the loss of lives and property must squarely lie with the sponsors of the illegal refinery, “who must all be caught and made to face justice.”
The president ‘condoled with bereaved families, the Ohaji Egbema community, and the government and people of Imo State’.
He “urged community leaders, the police, and the secret service to never allow the occurrence of the heart-breaking incident in any part of the country again.”
