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DPR Shuts Six Stations, Arrests Four Persons by quickberry(m): 2:17pm On Dec 23, 2017 |
The Department of Petroleum
Resources in Ogun State, on
Saturday, sealed six petrol
stations and arrested four
persons.
The DPR made the arrests for
fuel hoarding, under-
dispensing, sabotage,
obstruction of justice and
installation of commercial gas
cylinders without approval.
All the affected petrol stations
were found to have more than
enough of the commodity but
refused to sell it to the public.
Some buyers, who spoke with
the News Agency of Nigeria,
accused the station owners of
selling fuel at night above the
pump price of N145.
“They only sell at night and
they sell for N200 per litre,”
one of the buyers in Ota,
Ogun, who pleaded
anonymity, said.
A mild drama, however,
ensued at one of the filling
stations along Ilaro
expressway, as the attendants
and the manager fled upon
sighting the DPR officials and
men of the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence
Corps.
The DPR Head of Operations,
Mr Kasali Akinade, led the
surveillance team to the
stations.
Akinade said that the exercise
became necessary after
receiving the information that
some filling stations were
hoarding, under-dispensing
and selling above the pump
price.
“We are aware that some
filling stations are either
hoarding or selling above the
pump price; as high as N180
or N200 per litre, which is
against the government price
policy of N145.
“When we see any filling
station, either hoarding or not
selling, what we do is to order
them to start selling at the
approved pump price,” he
said.
Kasali, who decried the
artificial scarcity created by the
filling stations, added that the
arrests made were due to the
uncooperative attitude of
those arrested.
“Normally in a situation like
this, we didn’t want to make
any arrest, but just to ask
them to sell, however, some of
them were not willing to
cooperate with us.
“When we asked them to start
selling, they put off the engine;
that is, the electric generator,
which is against government
policy.
‘‘This country is blessed with
petroleum and the good
people of Nigeria are not
supposed to be denied the
use of the resources.
Meanwhile, the Zonal Public
Relations Officer of the
NSCDC, Mr Kareem
Olarenwaju, explained that
those arrested were caught
hoarding fuel and selling
above pump price.
He said, “four were arrested
for their role in hoarding fuel
and some were also guilty of
breach of peace; one of them
obstructed us for a long time”.
Olarenwaju revealed that
those arrested would be made
to face the full wrath of the
law.
‘‘They may be made to pay
normal fine to the DPR,
otherwise, they will be
charged to court,” he said.
Other filling stations visited
that were hitherto not selling
fuel prior to the DPR’s arrival,
were forced to sell at the
official pump price. Source: http://punchng.com/dpr-shuts-six-stations-arrests-four-persons/ |
Re: DPR Shuts Six Stations, Arrests Four Persons by dollytino4real(f): 2:38pm On Dec 23, 2017 |
pls dey shod com to warri, udu rd own na d.i.e o! ogala na 25o we buy dis morning |
Re: DPR Shuts Six Stations, Arrests Four Persons by omololu2020(m): 3:05pm On Dec 23, 2017 |
When will Nigeria develop |
Re: DPR Shuts Six Stations, Arrests Four Persons by amozo: 3:59pm On Dec 23, 2017 |
Not to shut down.but sell it free for motor ist |
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