Security operatives have firmly repelled an attempt by suspected hoodlums to vandalize Dangote’s 650,000 BPD Integrated Refinery in Lekki, Lagos, leading to the death of one of the attackers.
This incidence is on the heels of the rising spate of attacks on major infrastructures in the country, the most recent being the attack on the Kaduna rail track, which left many people dead and others wounded.
The Lagos State Police operatives who foiled the Refinery’s power installations vandalization attempt said the armed hoodlums came in through the lagoon The Trumpet gathered.
It was however reported that one of the vandals was shot dead while others escaped with bullet wounds.
The Dangote Refinery is Nigeria’s panacea to the incessant challenge of petroleum product availability across the country and it is due to commence full operations in the third quarter of the year.
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The petrochemical arm of the multi-billion dollar complex which has started with fertilizer production was commissioned a few days ago by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The 12,000mw power facility is the electricity supply backbone of the refinery powering the entire complex.
