{"id":30831,"date":"2024-05-10T08:12:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=30831"},"modified":"2024-05-10T08:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T08:12:40","slug":"seadogs-demands-probe-into-oil-tanker-blast-blames-poor-road-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/10\/seadogs-demands-probe-into-oil-tanker-blast-blames-poor-road-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Seadogs Demands Probe into Oil Tanker Blast, Blames Poor Road Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) is demanding a thorough investigation into the recent oil tanker explosion that occurred along Eleme Road in Rivers on April 26, calling it a preventable tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>Ilochi Nnamdi, NAS\u2019 second mate of the Olympus Marino Deck, emphasized the urgency of the inquiry during a press briefing in Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion resulted in numerous fatalities and substantial property damage, prompting NAS to point fingers at the deteriorating state of the road and congestion near a police checkpoint.<\/p>\n<p>Nnamdi highlighted the hazardous conditions posed by the poorly maintained Eleme-Onne Expressway, citing its potholes and uneven surfaces as long-standing concerns.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to urging swift action from relevant state and federal authorities to address road repair or reconstruction, NAS called for immediate investigation by pertinent agencies and stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Association of Seadogs (NAS) is demanding a thorough investigation into the recent oil tanker explosion that occurred along Eleme Road in Rivers on April 26, calling it a preventable tragedy. Ilochi Nnamdi, NAS\u2019 second mate of the Olympus Marino Deck, emphasized the urgency of the inquiry during a press briefing in Port Harcourt. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":30832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30831"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30847,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30831\/revisions\/30847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}