The southwestern Nigeria’s Lagos State government on Monday confirmed an oil spillage in several parts of the state.State governor Babatunde Fashola disclosed the news in Ikeja, the state capital while receiving members of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Downstream). The situation had led to the outbreak of diseases, Fashola told his audience. The governor said the spillage was capable of wiping out communities in the affected areas if not checked.Fashola urged the committee to visit the affected areas to have first hand information on the enormity of the problem, which had also affected the socioeconomic lives of residents.