Tope Ojelabi
Lagos lawyer, Mr Festus Keyamo has asked President Mohammadu Buhari to probe the alleged sale of cooking kerosene in the place of Aviation fuel to airline operators. In a statement issued this evening of Friday a copy of which was made available to Irohinoodua, Keyamo said the attitude of the marketers constitute a grave threat to aviation safety in the country.

Early this week, there were reports that kerosene is sold by the PPMC at the ex-depot and regulated price of N40.90 (Forty Naira, Ninety Kobo) per litre, later resold at the pump price of N50.00 (Fifty Naira) per litre.

Some of the marketers were said to have started selling the kerosene to airline opertors as the Jet A1 Aviation Fuel at the rate of N140 per litre.

Keyamo said "The dangerous implications of the use of house-hold kerosene (HHK) as Aviation Fuel are listed to include the following: significant damage to the Aircraft and Engine, Fuel system corrosion, clogging of fuel filtration components, failure of aircraft fuel system instrumentation and stopping of the fuel supply to the engine during flight. In effect, the use of HHK as Aviation Fuel portends a serious and grievous threat to the flying public.

Calling on Buhari, the laywer urge him to set up a high-level inquiry to investigate the nefarious activities of these oil marketers and Airlines that engage in this dastardly act of substituting house-hold kerosene (HHK) in the place of Jet A1 Fuel in order to ensure safety of lives and properties in our Aviation Industry.

"Your Excellency, I most humbly urge you to continue to remain firm and resolute in your resolve to fight corruption and impunity in all facets of our national life. It would appear that the oil industry in Nigeria stinks to high heavens and the earlier you descend on it with the full weight of the law, the better for all of us", Keyamo stated.

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