- DPR accuses Daslap Petrol Station, Olomore, selling fuel above the official pump price
- Head of operations of the agency in Ogun state, Kasali Akinade, says the filling station was compelled to give fuel to 20 motorists and 30 bikes for free
- A former governor of the old Kaduna state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, blames the current petrol crisis on activities of saboteurs in the oil industry
The Department of Petroleum Resources, Abeokuta field office, on Thursday, December 28, dispensed petrol for free to motorists again in Abeokuta.
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The filling station, Daslap Petrol Station, Olomore, was allegedly caught selling above the official pump price.
The team, led by its head of operations, Kasali Akinade, said the action was necessary to make others comply with the law, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
“We got a tip-off that this station, Daslap, had fuel but they were selling above the pump price at N200 per litre.
“On getting here, we also had evidences to support the claim.
“When we checked their fuel stock level, we discovered they had 33,000 litres. In order to serve as a deterrent to others, we decided to ask them to give their fuel for free.
We said they should give fuel to 20 motorists and 30 bikes for free,” he said.
He noted that most of the marketers sold at night and “ungodly hours, when they know that officials cannot visit their station.”
Akinade, however, accused some security agents of sharp practices, thereby making the DPR’s work more difficult.
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"Most of the law enforcement agents are not really helping matters. Some of them collect jerry cans, some of them bring in vehicles from the exit points while we are trying to arrange and create sanity within the filling stations,” he said.
Assessing the situation in the state, Akinade described it as ‘artificial’, noting that most of the stations had petrol, but were either hoarding or selling above pump price.
Meanwhile, a former governor of the old Kaduna state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has blamed the current petrol crisis on activities of saboteurs in the oil industry.
In a telephone interview with NAN on Thursday, December 28, Musa stated that Nigerians were going through this hardship due to selfish interest of some people.
NAIJ.com gathers that he alleged that some petroleum marketers, in connivance with some government officials, hoarded petroleum products to create artificial scarcity for profiteering.
Musa said that this was the reason petroleum products were not available at filling stations and the price hiked at the black market.
He described the situation as unacceptable and urged government to stop activities of ‘saboteurs’ with a view to making the products available to all.
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Source: Naija.ng