THE Department of Petroleum Resource on
Tuesday, sealed off 27 filling stations in
various parts of Rivers State for selling
petroleum products above the Federal
Government’s official prices.
In most of the filling stations, the operators
were selling premium motor spirit for between
N110 and N120 per litre as against the N87
per litre official price before DPR officials and
men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps swooped on them.
Some of the affected stations were also under-
dispensing the product to the customers, even
as they sold a litre of PMS at N110.
Our correspondent learnt that while some of
the filling stations that were sealed off in Port
Harcourt and its environs operated without
DPR’s operational licence, more than 15 of
them had manipulated their pumps.
“In most cases, in every 10 litres sold, they
(filling station operators) shortchanged the
buyers with about one litre of the product,” a
DPR official lamented.
Some of the filling stations sealed off by the
DPR are Donapet, De Bens, Tombug, Vic
Vintax International Company, Rahaminiyya
Oil, GVC Golden Services Limited, Yemsonat
Ventures Nig LTD, Demore Investment Nig.,
Harrison, Sobaz, Mikab, Romigbo, and Roman
Filling Station on Ada George Road.
Speaking on the enforcement of the N87 pump
price of petrol, the DPR Zonal Controller in
Rivers State, Mrs. Onyebuchi Sibeudu, said the
aim of the action was to ensure that the
marketers stuck to the Federal Government’s
approved pump price of N87 per litre.
Sibeudu explained that the agency would not
limit the war against illegal price of petroleum
products to retailers alone, adding that the
exercise also covers depot owners.
“The marketers are having one reason or the
other why they are not keeping to the pump
price, but we need to ensure that they keep to
the government approved pump price.” www. http://www.punchng.com/news/dpr-shuts-27-filling-stations-in-rivers/

Ok. I love this approach. Let them not relent; it should be a continuous exercise

Fuel has been selling for 87 for weeks

Made a post about it erdyots insulted me

Anyways we know that the people selling that shyt to them are the same erdyots filling their heads with lies and bad dreams

The stations now resort to selling at unholy hours, 6am - 8am, etc, most of the pumps are really adjusted.

The best control measure is to provide consumers with email addresses and phone numbers to report stations and depots selling above approved prices to.

Depots and Stations will comply immediately.