The Division of Petroleum Sources (DPR) yesterday sealed a filling station in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja, for allegedly selling petrol above N145 and gave out the product free to motorists.
The Abuja Zonal Operations Controller of the division, Mr Mohammed Abba, acknowledged the report referring to the station, Khalif Civic Oil and Funding Restricted, was acquired from a tip-off.
Moreover on the workers was Dr Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC and Mr Aminu Abdullahi, Assistant Commandant-Widespread, Operations, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
”The station had 6,000 litres of petrol. We acquired the choice from a beautiful Samaritan. After we bought correct proper right here, we realised the station is prohibited on account of it isn't licensesd and it was selling at N250 per litre.
”We instructed that the product must be distributed free of price.
”We'll give them one month to return and regularise the licence, after that if he would not come we'll hand over the station and the mom and father concerned to the civil defence to prosecute,” Abba acknowledged.
Baru acknowledged ”this collaborative effort of the DPR, Civil Defence and NNPC is to search out out stations which will be erring in step with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for us as firms to fish out these perpetuating the fuel scarcity.
”This was discovered by the DPR on a tip-off. Authorities is appreciative and wishes Nigerians to return forward with such information on the place merchandise are geared up above N145”.
The fuel catastrophe started greater than two weeks prior to now.
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