Residents and landlords of Fegge, Onitsha in Anambra State have raised the alarm over building of liquefied petroleum gas/petrol station in their area by a company.
The protesters, over 70 and living on Creek Road and Gunning Street, queried the licence and approval to the company to site such project capable of causing disaster.
Their protest is contained in a petition to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, copied to the Chairman, Anambra State Urban Development Board (ASUDEB), Commissioner for Environment, Commissioner for Lands and Survey, State Physical Planning Authority, State Fire Service and Coordinator, NMDPRA, Zonal Office, Awka.
Speaking on behalf of the protesters in Onitsha, Messrs. Joseph Ugbana and Izuchukwu Okolo described the facility as bomb waiting to explode.
They urged the government to halt the construction and punish the culprits.
Ugbana said: “We doubt approval for the project by the state or federal government, or any of their agencies since the place was originally for residential building, as no such project as gas/fuel station has ever been located there.