The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Ondo State yesterday ordered the closure of filling stations across the state.

This followed the reported arrest of its members.

It was learnt that there was a confrontation between fuel dealers and the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Governor on Special Duties, Doyin Odebowale, in Akure, the state capital.

The State IPMAN Chairman Adejimi Adedapo, who gave the directive, said the action of the SSA and his team was a sabotage and arbitrary punishment of marketers and the public.


He said the association recently ensured that the residents got Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), or petrol, at all cost, despite the challenges they encountered in getting the product.

The IPMAN chairman said the PMS was N165 per litre from the depots, with other factors, like haulage, overhead cost and others not included.

One of the leaders of the association, who was arrested, Bayo Olowookere said the action of the governor’s aide was unwarranted.

According to him, his wife and some workers of his filling station were harassed before he was ordered for arrest alongside his wife.

A former IPMAN Chairman, who spoke in confidence, said majority of the filling stations were disrupted and their fuel dispensed indiscriminately.

He said members of the association in the state could not continue to bear the hardship, adding that attempts to meet with the state government on the matter were rebuffed.


Olowookere urged union members to stop selling fuel to customers in the 18 local government areas of the state.

There had been an outrage from the public over the hike in fuel price between N200 and N220 in the state without the intervention of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) officials.

The development prompted the recent action of the state government in the interest of the residents.

http://thenationonlineng.net/ipman-orders-members-stop-sale-fuel-ondo/

Petroleum issues and Nigeria be like yam and egg!
Make una sha pity the common man, cos these polithievecians get vaults and reservoirs of oil.

Fuel is sold at 143/145 Naira in Lagos State... Ondo has a fuel depot at Ore... What's your problem?

I commend the SA. Ipman is no better than boko haram.

I don't just get this straight. In all BOVAS filling station PMS sells for 143 where on earth are they getting their products from that they were not making losses or are they doing good Samaritan for us at the detriment of its business.

angels09:
Fuel is sold at 143/145 Naira in Lagos State... Ondo has a fuel depot at Ore... What's your problem?

I commend the SA. Ipman is no better than boko haram.

My brother,
The thing tire me

It can only happen in Ondo.

Wicked people. They rejoice when the masses suffer and forget that God repays everyman according to his handiwork.

the selling price at ondo is
220
200
195


Only bovas s and some NNPC mega station sell at 145

The so-called DPR Know about this but they choose to ignore