The Niger State Police Command has reacted to media reports of an explosion at the Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Station.
The spokesperson of the Command and a Superintendent of Police, Wasiu Abiodun, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria.
In the interview with NAN on Monday in Minna, the state capital, Abiodun said the news of the purported explosion was fake.
He said there was no case of explosion at the Zungeru dam as reported by some online media and urged the general public to disregard such reports.
He said: “We wish to state that there is no incident of any kind of explosion at Zungeru dam as reported by some online media.
“We urge members of the public to kindly disregard such reports.”
NAN reports that some online media had carried a story of an alleged explosion at Zungeru hydro power dam in the early hours of July 1.
They alleged that several workers sustained varying degrees of injuries and were receiving treatment in Minna.
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Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Station is a 700 megawatts (940,000 hp) hydroelectric power plant under construction in Niger State, Nigeria.
When completed, the dam will be the second-largest hydroelectric power station in the country, behind the 760 megawatts (1,020,000 hp) Kainji Hydroelectric Power Station, also in Niger State.