Identifier IBD035772
Title Oil Bunkered, Rivers
Description Forty-three people suspected of being oil thieves died after inhaling a petroleum product believed to be crude oil into a vessel from an illegally tapped point at a jetty.
Start date 2026-09-03
End date 2026-09-03
Duration 1 Day(s)
Place Okari Jetty, Okrika.
Number of death(s) 40
Number of death(s) according to police NaN
Number of death(s) according to press 40
Causes of violence oil distribution
Sources of information The Punch (37 ) , New Telegraph (41 ) , The Nation (43 )
LGA Okrika