Following reports of incessant vandalisation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC Pipelines which cost the country huge loss of lives and properties, Saturday Vanguard took a journey to a creek in 7thAvenue, FESTAC Town, Lagos where five of the culprits were apprehended by security agents.
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A chat with some of the farmers that were affected by the oil spillage in FESTAC Town who preferredbeing anonymous, revealed that the oil spillage had destroyed virtually all their farm produce and killed all the fishes in the river.
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"We have been farming here since 1980s and 90s and it did not occur to us that there were NNPC pipelines beneath the ground. Our farmproduce during the 2004 and 2005 seasons were fantastic," she disclosed.