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Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by weIMPORT: 6:35am On Aug 19, 2018
No fewer than seven persons have reportedly died under a mysterious Chemical emission in Anambra State, following a continued burning lignite in Umuzu Mbana, Otolo Nnewi in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the State.

The lignite, which sends out gas with irritating sulphurous odour, has also led to the admission of scores of residents in different hospitals in the area, Tribune reports.

President General of the community, Tony Afam Muodielo, who made the disclosure in a statement, lamented the devastating effect of the chemical discovered at a site in that community sometime in March.

He regretted that government had not done much to save his people from the killer chemical.


According to him, a new dimension to the problem is the smoke from the site that enveloped the entire community with offensive and irritating odour that subject residents to suffocation every evening.

“The emission has recently become more damaging and escalating. Surroundings of the chemical site are caving in and the emission becomes stronger. We have tried to put out the fire burning underground to no avail and we decided to leave the rains to deal with it.

“But despite the heavy rains so far experienced this year, the fire has been as if the rains are fueling it.

“Last night [Friday], after a little rain, we were unable to sleep. The most astonishing thing is that we have been recording sudden deaths in recent time.

“Within a space of two months, we have lost seven persons and we do not known the cause of their death. But if you put two and two together, you find out that it is not natural death. We never recorded that number of deaths in the past in this community,” he lamented.

https://lailasnews.com/chemical-emission-in-anambra-kills-7-people/

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by eezeribe(m): 6:36am On Aug 19, 2018
This is really unfortunate... It's a tip of the iceberg compared to the harmful gas emissions that the good people of Niger Delta have been experiencing for decades now..
And successive governments have done little or nothing about it.

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Donald95(m): 6:38am On Aug 19, 2018
eezeribe:
This is really unfortunate... It's a tip of the iceberg compared to the harmful gas emissions that the good people of Niger Delta have been experiencing for decades now..
And successive governments have done little or nothing about it.

Difference between Anambra And Niger Delta is That Anambrarian will keep on fighting maintaining the course of the fight until government reacts(which will be very soon)

But Niger Delta doesn't know what they want,they just cause nuisance to the people in the community, destroying their fish farm,Threaten hell on Earth but when they are bribed through the back door, they will go in like snail into it's shell.

Avengers, My question to you is "Has Ogony land been cleaned up?? or Are you people waiting for Sir Nnamdi Kanu to remind you that their will be massive exedos from your land as soon as oil Wells dries up

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Blakjewelry(m): 6:45am On Aug 19, 2018
their government need to up their game in that state

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Donald95(m): 4:15pm On Aug 19, 2018
lalasticlala
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by sunnysunny69(m): 4:52pm On Aug 19, 2018
No good news coming out of Nigeria .
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by NwaNimo1(m): 4:53pm On Aug 19, 2018
Must be carbon monoxide..... Or gaseous cyanide.

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by dontbothermuch: 4:53pm On Aug 19, 2018
cry

Health commissioner save your people na

What are they paying you for?

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by GavelSlam: 4:54pm On Aug 19, 2018
Did the lignite suddenly start burning or did some "businessmen" activate it?

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by kerry57: 4:54pm On Aug 19, 2018
Save mother Earth and stay alive through sustainable development

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Nobody: 4:56pm On Aug 19, 2018
The company should be shut down immediately. Profits cannot and never should be important than human lives.

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by HypocriticalMod: 4:57pm On Aug 19, 2018
The company needs to be sued angry
Environmental Protection Agencies in this country are not doing their work! angry

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by tartar9(m): 4:58pm On Aug 19, 2018
Flatînos ever ready to do anything for money sad

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Nobody: 4:59pm On Aug 19, 2018
Environmental Protection Agencies doze off if you wet their palms.

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Zeroid105: 5:00pm On Aug 19, 2018
All in a bid to make money. It's sad hw ppl value money more than lives

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by dreamwords: 5:03pm On Aug 19, 2018
Industrial zone are prone to this
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Nobody: 5:04pm On Aug 19, 2018
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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Kennydoc(m): 5:06pm On Aug 19, 2018
namet:
The company should be shut down immediately. Profits cannot and never should be important than human lives.

HypocriticalMod:
The company needs to be sued angry
Environmental Protection Agencies in this country are not doing their work! angry

Kimsokrates:
just negodu.It is only in Nigeria where we neglect preventative measures until casualty stares in the face.How will a chemical industry in the first place be allowed to be sited in a residential area?
That factory should be shutdown immediately.And its owners should be punished for air pollution

Guys, there isn't any mention of company there na?
News about the site had been reported on Nairaland before. It seems more like a volcano that may erupt in the near future. It was earlier reported that fire was burning at one location in Nnewi, and it was bringing out smoke with a sulphurous odour.

See the earlier report here:
https://www.nairaland.com/4528438/oduga-stream-nnewi-dries-up

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by murphyibiam15(m): 5:08pm On Aug 19, 2018
anambra people should seek for forgiveness in the face of God...maybe their ritual tendencies

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by soliddust2020: 5:11pm On Aug 19, 2018
Is this not the same place with active volcanoe some months back.

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Herdsmen: 5:17pm On Aug 19, 2018
tartar9:
Flatînos ever ready to do anything for money sad


Excluding skull mining and selling off human parts..
Not even
major in fraud and scam..

Afonja speciality

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by gbadexy(m): 5:19pm On Aug 19, 2018
They are inhaling sulphuric acid. The sulphuric odor is some sulfur compound burning in air and water vapor. it's very acidic and corrosive.
There is most likely a volcanic activity in the area if it was of natural cause.
In any case, drastic and urgent steps should be taken and the residents should be evacuated.

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Dearlord(m): 5:19pm On Aug 19, 2018
Igbo Kwenu, money matters than the life
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Efewestern: 5:27pm On Aug 19, 2018
Donald95:


Difference between Anambra And Niger Delta is That Anambrarian will keep on fighting maintaining the course of the fight until government reacts(which will be very soon)

But Niger Delta doesn't know what they want,they just cause nuisance to the people in the community, destroying their fish farm,Threaten hell on Earth but when they are bribed through the back door, they will go in like snail into it's shell.

Avengers, My question to you is "Has Ogony land been cleaned up?? or Are you people waiting for Sir Nnamdi Kanu to remind you that their will be massive exedos from your land as soon as oil Wells dries up

Stop spewing trash about the struggle of the Niger Deltans
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by ProfitDomain(m): 5:30pm On Aug 19, 2018
Hmmmm, This is strange. How come my guys wey dey stay for there never complain about such.
Last time I checked, gully erosion is tearing apart Anambra.
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Nobody: 5:39pm On Aug 19, 2018
Oops! Never read this anywhere. Thanks for enlightening.....

The state government should not wait around for the federal government, then. There is no capacity by our government; we haven't built any from all the stealing, so they should seek technical help directly from the UN, through one of its agencies.

Upon testing and ascertaining what is happening there, a line of action can then be crafted to address the problem. The emitted gas may even be a useful natural resource that we don't know what to do with, but when a country refuses to lay emphasis on science and technology, then we remain vulnerable to even the smallest challenge that nature throws us. We must invest in science and technology! Enough with stealing!

Meanwhile, the locals must save themselves. They should vacate the affected area.


Kennydoc:






Guys, there isn't any mention of company there na?
News about the site had been reported on Nairaland before. It seems more like a volcano that may erupt in the near future. It was earlier reported that fire was burning at one location in Nnewi, and it was bringing out smoke with a sulphurous odour.

See the earlier report here:
https://www.nairaland.com/4528438/oduga-stream-nnewi-dries-up

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Zealoy(m): 5:43pm On Aug 19, 2018
I perceived d smell yesterday here at Ezekwuabor Otolo nnewi, honestly d odour is quite irritating and Dangerous

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Afamed: 5:43pm On Aug 19, 2018
Donald95:


Difference between Anambra And Niger Delta is That Anambrarian will keep on fighting maintaining the course of the fight until government reacts(which will be very soon)

But Niger Delta doesn't know what they want,they just cause nuisance to the people in the community, destroying their fish farm,Threaten hell on Earth but when they are bribed through the back door, they will go in like snail into it's shell.

Avengers, My question to you is "Has Ogony land been cleaned up?? or Are you people waiting for Sir Nnamdi Kanu to remind you that their will be massive exedos from your land as soon as oil Wells dries up
You should have equipped yourself with details instead of coming online to say this your thrash.The cleaning of Ogoniland is not the same as cleaning up of Upper Iweka to down flyover just over the night.The UN recommendations say it will take up to 20-30 yrs. UN recommendations come in different stages among which the FG just completed one of stages which started 2yrs ago. If you care to educate yourself and stop listening to every propaganda you hear from Radio Biafra and your semi god, Nnamdi Kanu. Log on to WWW.hyprep.gov.ng .You will see how far the government has gone in implementing the UN recommendations on the cleaning up of Ogoni Land instead of the fiction you daily hear from Radio Biafra.

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Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Positivepoint(m): 5:52pm On Aug 19, 2018
Donald95:


Difference between Anambra And Niger Delta is That Anambrarian will keep on fighting maintaining the course of the fight until government reacts(which will be very soon)

But Niger Delta doesn't know what they want,they just cause nuisance to the people in the community, destroying their fish farm,Threaten hell on Earth but when they are bribed through the back door, they will go in like snail into it's shell.

Avengers, My question to you is "Has Ogony land been cleaned up?? or Are you people waiting for Sir Nnamdi Kanu to remind you that their will be massive exedos from your land as soon as oil Wells dries up

I think the issue of Niger delta is self inflicted and will continue if they did not curb the issue of pipeline vandalism which the major Beneficiries of the oil bunkering are the same indigenous people of Niger delta.


But for that of anambara I suspect fake product or drugs manufacturing gone wrong. Now u want govt of Nigeria to come to ur aide, wondering what happened to almighty biafran govt with their sophisticated team scientist.
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Pavore9: 5:54pm On Aug 19, 2018
And the State government is yet to release statement over the situation?
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by Kennydoc(m): 5:58pm On Aug 19, 2018
namet:
Oops! Never read this anyway. Thanks for enlightening.....

The state government should not wait around for the federal government, then. There is no capacity by our government; we haven't built any from all the stealing, so they should seek technical help directly from the UN, through one of its agencies.

Upon testing and ascertaining what is happening there, a line of action can then be crafted to address the problem. The emitted gas may even be a useful natural resource that we don't know what to do with, but when a country refuses to lay emphasis on science and technology, then we remain vulnerable to even the smallest challenge that nature throws us. We must invest in science and technology! Enough with stealing!

Meanwhile, the locals must save themselves. They should vacate the affected area.


You're very much in point.
Re: Chemical Emission In Nnewi, Anambra State Kills 7 People by cjeriia: 6:24pm On Aug 19, 2018
Donald95:


Difference between Anambra And Niger Delta is That Anambrarian will keep on fighting maintaining the course of the fight until government reacts(which will be very soon)

But Niger Delta doesn't know what they want,they just cause nuisance to the people in the community, destroying their fish farm,Threaten hell on Earth but when they are bribed through the back door, they will go in like snail into it's shell.

Avengers, My question to you is "Has Ogony land been cleaned up?? or Are you people waiting for Sir Nnamdi Kanu to remind you that their will be massive exedos from your land as soon as oil Wells dries up
Just negodu ur error filled typing

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