Marketers caught diverting petroleum products in Kano
State will henceforth pay a fine of N150 per litre of the
diverted product. Alhaji Rabiu Bako, Chairman of The
Task Force on Distribution of Petroleum Products in the
state, said this during a news conference on Sunday in
Kano.
Bako said the measure was to check the continued fuel
shortages being experienced in the state. Bako, who is
also the Commissioner for Commerce in the state, said
marketers had not heeded to earlier warnings to desist
from sharp practices.
“The decision followed series of warnings by the Task
Force to oil marketers in the state to desist from sharp
practices and illegal increases in the pump price of
Premium Motor Spirit (PMS),” he said. He said any
marketer found diverting petroleum products would be
so sanctioned and also risk forfeiting such products.
Bako said that the warning was necessary in order to
ensure that all products reached their designated filling
stations across the state. The chairman said the Task
Force had confiscated eight drums and 50 Jerry cans of
PMS and fined the petrol station involved N4.2 million
since its inauguration.
The committee urged members of the public to be
vigilant and report any suspicious character to the Task
Force or law enforcement agencies nearest to them. Gov.
Abdullahi Ganduje had last week inaugurated the 17-
member task force as part of efforts to address the
lingering fuel scarcity in the state.