The advent of pipeline explosion and the inherent vandalism in Nigeria is considered the norm of the society rather than exceptions. In the wake of these incessant and disruptive activities which had plaged our society for years, we tend to ignore the root causes, which is not just poverty, per se, but lack of enforcing the appropriate legislations to deter potential brigands. Human casualties aside, the system should clamdown heavily on preventing any type of housing arrangement within the periphery of the pipeline installations given the nature of the products themselves, as combustive as they are. In the final analysis, we can then say that surveillance and constant monitoring will complement each other to bring a lasting solution to this perennial problem. Dr Eben Dairo