An explosion has rocked the Trans-Niger pipeline in Bodo community, Gokana Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State on Tuesday.

A resident of Bodo, who spoke to Channels Television, said that the blast took place on an onshore pipeline near the starting point of the Bodo-Bonny road. It reportedly occurred on Monday night along the pipeline that transports crude to the Bonny Export Terminal in Rivers State.

The cause of the explosion is unknown at this time but investigations are ongoing over the incident.

“Up till this moment, we have not been able to get clear details as to what caused that very explosion but Investigations are going on,” the Minister of Regional Affairs Abubakar Momoh said.

But he said, “I think in due time, a clear picture” of what happened will be known.

Police authorities in the oil-rich state have not commented on the matter as of now.