SHOP OWNERS WHO LOST MILLIONS OF NAIRA WORTH OF GOODS AND PROPERTIES IN THE ABULEGBA PIPELINE EXPLOSION HOSPITALISED
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Following the pipeline explosion that occurred around Abulegba-Abattoir area of Lagos State yesterday, the 19th of December, Some shop owners and residents who lost millions of naira worth of goods and properties are currently receiving medical treatment after suffering from emotional trauma and physical injuries.
Hotjist gathered that, although no life was lost, some of the residents however got injured while trying to escape from the fire eruption. A ‘whole-saler, was said to have slumped twice while he watched his sister’s three shops recently loaded with goods for the festive season, turned to dust. As at the time of filing this report, his sister who has refused to visit her shops, is said to be receiving medical attention in her home.
“Both young and old had to climb over the fence decorated with broken bottles at our backyard as that was the only means of escape,” another resident narrated.
A car dealer, who lost not less than 16 cars in the fire has been hospitalised and he is presently said to be in coma. According to one of his neigbours who prefer anonymous, some of the brand new cars were newly shipped in and acquired on credit. The anonymous told hojist.com that a customer had just come to pay for a ‘G-wagon’ a day before the tragic incident.
One of the victims, identified as “mummy Rashidat” who also shared her heartbreak with hotjist.com on Thursday morning, explained how she lost brand new industrial and tailoring machines worth a million naira in the fire incident, “I acquired some of the machines in March, while some were bought in September and now the only things left of them are pieces and ashes”.
Another shop owner, popularly known as, “Mama Morayo”, whose only means of livelihood worth hundreds of thousands of naira, went with the flames of the incident, said she is grateful to God who had spared their lives. She explained that proceeds from the shop went into fending for her 
children and paying their school fees.
One thing seems to be clear from the lamentations of these victims, they are pained, they have lost goods and properties, but they are grateful for the fact that no lives were lost in the tragedy, unlike the similar incident which happened in the same area, 12 years ago, on the 26th of December which claimed hundreds of lives.
They however cried out to the government to compensate them and put a stop to the incessant pipeline vandalisation in the area, which some of them revealed has become regular business for the perpetrators who put the lives of members of the community in jeopardy.
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