The Division of Petroleum Sources (DPR) yesterday sealed a filling station in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, for allegedly promoting petrol above N145 and gave out the product free to motorists.
The Abuja Zonal Operations Controller of the division, Mr Mohammed Abba, stated the report relating to the station, Khalif Civic Oil and Funding Restricted, was acquired from a tip-off.
Furthermore on the employees was Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC and Mr Aminu Abdullahi, Assistant Commandant-Common, Operations, the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
”The station had 6,000 litres of petrol. We acquired the selection from a wonderful Samaritan. After we purchased proper right here, we realised the station is prohibited on account of it's not licensesd and it was promoting at N250 per litre.
”We instructed that the product needs to be distributed freed from worth.
”We'll give them one month to return and regularise the licence, after that if he wouldn't come we'll hand over the station and the mother and father involved to the civil defence to prosecute,” Abba stated.
Baru stated ”this collaborative effort of the DPR, Civil Defence and NNPC is to find out stations which can be erring in keeping with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for us as companies to fish out these perpetuating the gas shortage.
”This was found by the DPR on a tip-off. Authorities is appreciative and desires Nigerians to return ahead with such knowledge on the place merchandise are equipped above N145”.
The gas disaster began bigger than two weeks before now.
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