President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday convened an emergency meeting with service chiefs after suspected militants blew up the country’s foremost trans Niger pipeline at Bodo in Gokana LGA of Rivers State.

Present at the meeting at the Aso Villa in Abuja were Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Director General of the State Security Services, Oluwatosin Ajayi, all led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa.

According to Channels TV, the agenda of the meeting has not been publicly disclosed but Mr Tinubu’s decision to convene the emergency meeting may be connected with the explosion of the Trans Niger pipeline on Monday.  

The explosion occurred near the Bodo-Bonny Road, which is under construction, affecting the country’s major liquid hydrocarbon delivery channel that can transport about 180,000 barrels of crude per day to the Bonny Export Terminal.

Embattled President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Senate majority leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and his deputy, Ben Kalu, were also part of the meeting.

Meanwhile, the Rivers State Police Command said details of the incident remain unclear but more information would be provided as investigations progressed.