Explosion Rocks Trans-Niger Pipeline in Rivers Amid Fubara Impeachment Saga

An explosion has rocked the Trans-Niger Pipeline in Rivers amid Fubara impeachment saga.

Newsone Nigeria reports that an explosion has rocked a section of the Trans Niger Pipeline in Bodo Community in Gonna Local Government Area of Rivers State.

This online news platform understands that the explosion at the Trans-Niger Pipeline in Rivers State occurred late on Monday night, March 17, 2025, near the Bodo-Bonny Road under construction.

A video that emerged on Tuesday morning, March 18, 2025, showed thick black smoke billowing into the atmosphere and a raging fire spreading fast into the mangrove.

The Trans-Niger Pipeline (TNP) is a federal transport line that supplies oil to the Bonny Export Terminal in Rivers State.

When contacted, the Rivers State Police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko said she would find out and get back to our reporter, though she had yet to do so as of the time of filing this report.

Meanwhile, Newsone reports that the incident is coming after the initiation of impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Deputy Governor Prof Ngozi Odu by the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The Martin Amaewhule-led Assembly, loyal to the former governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, served Fubara and Prof Odu with a notice of alleged gross misconduct, signaling an imminent impeachment process.

The notice listing the alleged misconduct sent to the Speaker was a sequel to a letter dated March 14, 2025, signed by 26 members of the Assembly.

The Speaker, Amaewhule, sent the notice in two separate letters he signed on Monday, March 17, 2025, and addressed to the governor and his deputy.

The development has escalated the political tension in the state, as some Ijaw groups have threatened a crisis in the region if Fubara is impeached.