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The Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals has uncovered a fresh racket involving some of its affiliate marketers and strategic partners who have been diverting subsidised refined petroleum products for profit, prompting the suspension of the refinery’s discounted fuel supply scheme.

Investigations by the refinery revealed that certain marketers who were granted discounted products, meant to ensure affordability and steady supply across retail outlets, had been re-routing the loaded trucks to unregistered third-party marketers.

The scheme was originally designed to support Dangote’s registered affiliate marketers in achieving stable profit margins amid price competition from fuel importers, while also guaranteeing nationwide availability of the refinery’s products.

However, the marketers were found to be circumventing the distribution chain by allowing importing, non-registered marketers to pick up products from the refinery using their Authority To Collect loading ticket. This allowed them to cash in on the price differential without incurring legitimate costs associated with logistics, retail station operations, or administrative compliance, making fast profit.

The refinery noted that the diverted products were often sold at market rates far above the agreed subsidised prices, effectively undermining the core objectives of the scheme and distorting the downstream market. Miffed by this situation, the refinery directed the suspension of its discount scheme for its customers with effect from July 13, 2025.

The latest directive was disclosed in a letter to all strategic partners issued on July 13, 2025, signed by the Group Executive Director-Commercial Operations, Fatima Dangote, and obtained by our correspondent on Thursday.

The management of Dangote refinery disclosed that some marketers were reselling petroleum products directly from its tarmac at rates below the official gantry price, an act deemed inimical to the long-term sustainability of its operations.

The company, which launched the discounted pricing scheme to ensure nationwide access to affordable and clean petroleum products, said the abuse of the arrangement had become widespread, despite several engagements with erring partners.

The letter titled, “Suspension of the Strategic Partner Discounted Price”, read, “In our drive to ensure the distribution and retail sale of DPRP refined petroleum products across your service stations nationwide, DPRP commenced the strategic partnership scheme with the sole aim of ensuring consumers nationwide have access to affordable and clean petroleum products.

“Unfortunately, over the last few months, DPRP has been receiving unprecedented complaints of Strategic Partners (Partners) selling their ATCs at the refinery (Tarmac) below the prevailing PMS gantry product price. Whilst we have engaged Partners severally on this, it has become evident that this has become an area of grave concern to DPRP as it affects the sustainability of our gantry operations.

“To this end, DPRP Management is suspending the discounted price offered to Partners effective 13th July 2025 and working towards restructuring the scheme.”

The refinery, however, gave certain concessions to ensure continued off-take of products, noting that all outstanding Product Release Notes issued at the discounted partner rate would remain valid for loading. Also, any partner who had completed payment processes before the effective suspension date would still receive products at the agreed discounted rate.


Furthermore, the company reiterated that all retail stations must continue to adhere to the recommended pump prices to ensure uniformity and prevent further market distortion.

It added, “Furthermore, please note the following: All existing PRNs at partner prices will remain valid for loading, any Partner awaiting PRN for payment made at Partner price before the effective date will receive the same. Recommended pump prices across the retail stations should still be adhered to.”

Despite the suspension, DPRP maintained that the strategic partnership remains relevant and would not be scrapped. The company said it is “judiciously exploring other incentive/reward schemes” for its strategic partners, which will be communicated in due course.

Giving more information on the issue, an oil and gas expert, Olatide Jeremiah, confirmed that some affiliate marketers with loading access at the Dangote refinery had been diverting products to non-registered marketers for quick profit.

He added that this malpractice also extended to products given on credit under a volume-backed repayment agreement intended to boost national distribution.

He said, “The information is true. It is the affiliated marketers to Dangote who have the ticket to load products at the refinery are the ones selling it to other marketers, basically to make a quick profit. Dangote has a discount scheme for its customers, so that they can make money from the sales of petroleum products at their stations.

“So instead of selling it at the station, they would sell it to other marketers and depot owners, below the normal price at the gantry, but at the price range with amount importing marketers are selling. For instance, if Dangote is giving its registered customers its products at a discounted price of N815, below the publicly announced price of N825. The marketers are now selling at N819, bypassing other expenses, slow sales, and making a quick profit of N4 per litre, and still have enough margin for the receiving marketer to sell at the normal rate of N825 per litre.

“This is also different from extra products received on credit to ensure adequate supply across the nation. There is an agreement with Dangote allowing its partners to receive volumes above the amount paid for, so that they can sell at a particular rate and refund them. This was to ensure circulation at retail stations. But these marketers would receive the products and sell them immediately to unregistered marketers. So they have suspended the scheme and are selling at the normal rate, but they said it would be restructured.”

Recent market checks by our correspondent using data from petroleumprice.ng revealed that non-affiliated marketers, who rely solely on imported fuel, have continued to sell at the same price range as Dangote’s registered marketers, despite not benefiting from the refinery’s subsidised product scheme.

Last week, at least five privately-owned depots were observed to have aligned their ex-depot prices with the Dangote refinery’s latest price adjustment, selling at an average of N820 per litre, a drop from the N835 per litre they offered at the start of the week.

While the Dangote refinery did not name any of the defaulting marketers, checks show that its current list of strategic partners includes MRS Oil, Heyden Petroleum, Ardova Plc, Hyde Energy, Optima Energy, and Techno Oil. Others are TotalEnergies, Garima Petroleum, Sunbeth Energies, Sobaz Nigeria Ltd, Virgin Forest Energy, Sixxco Oil Ltd, NU Synergy Ltd, and Soroman Nigeria Ltd.

When contacted, the group head of corporate communications, Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, requested more time to give an official reaction to the issue, stressing that the refinery is not involved in any squabble with marketers.

Source: https://punchng.com/Dangote-halts-fuel -discount-scheme-amid-fraud-allegations

Normal Nigerian way nah.
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Na dem dem..... Bovas should be the sole marketer.... And see

Our leaders are just a reflection of our personality as people

This country sha

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Nice development

Can it drop to 300 already. Also cooking gas to 300 too.

Nigerians can never change..The same everywhere

Until we start punishing bad people severely, bad things won't stop happening or reduce

Radarada ni awon people yi.. najja has a very long way to go

Jubrilv:
This country sha

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Lol. They dont want you keeping space with comma. Its laughable though.

And we are so quick to condemn our leaders as if they are not a perfect reflection of what our society is. We all need attitudinal change for our country to be great.

I don’t know how many times you need to hear it before you believe “The problem of Nigeria is Nigerians.”

Replace everybody in Nigeria with people of another national who are more fundamentally honest. Watch them transform the place called Nigeria into a Utopia within a year.

I have stories of how Nigerians nearly ran down a national leading manufacturer, with theft and gross dishonesty.

I am a Nigerian and i can tell you for free, Nigerians have become very evil people, never leave one in charge of your business without very strict check and balances

No be Nigerians!

Some of us are just "Shaytan incarnates"!

A good program for our benefit o!

Ewwwwwoooooo, I’m speechless at this point.
Nigeria which way

Petrol Marketers have become evil and a thorn in the flesh of Nigerians, Dangote should go into distribution...buy or hire trucks.

Maybe Satan created Nigerians while God was resting on the 7th day. Abi shey na Tinubu cause this one also? Abi na NNPC?

Dangote is really trying for us in this country, may God continue to protect him because they may be targeting him

This is a sign of who we have become as a people. It's a sign of the last days. The stigma has eaten so deep that even trying to cosmeticize it won't fix it much less doing a complete overhaul.

WorldRichest:
Maybe Satan created Nigerians while God was texting on the 7th day. Abi shey na Tinubu cause this one also? Abi na NNPC?

Nigerians emulate their leader

Nigerians emulate their leader

Nigerians emulate their leader

Nigerians emulate their leader

Put a honest leader and see how good Nigerians can be

Evil paid in the last election so everyone is on that lane

dederocs:
Petrol Marketers have become evil and a thorn in the flesh of Nigerians, Dangote should go into distribution...buy or hire trucks.

Wish it were that easy but it isn't. You can be manufacturer and a distributor at the same time especially in a complex market structure as his own. There's a reason why Division of labor is created and included in any business..

Dangote should create petroleum products distribution team to take out marketers . A lot of willing and capable unemployed youths are in the country who can do the job well

We are just too criminal minded in this country. This is how they over bloated the subsidy regime and crashed it. Very greedy souls that destroy everything good.
Who will save us from this mess?

Pr and stunt



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adenigga:
Source: https://punchng.com/Dangote-halts-fuel -discount-scheme-amid-fraud-allegations

I think he should start having his own filling stations so as to sell directly to the final consumers just like how he wants to do in the gas sector...

You have said it all. Most Nigerians are very terrible bad people. Nigerians could be great and dynamic but at the same time, Nigerians have that DNA of corruption embedded in their cells.

Notwithstanding tribes or tongues, Nigerians are collectively blessed with that habits of cheating, and circumventing all existing laid down procedures for personal gains.

Harddiskng:
I don’t know how many times you need to hear it before you believe “The problem of Nigeria is Nigerians.”

Replace everybody in Nigeria with people of another national who are more fundamentally honest. Watch them transform the place call Nigeria into a Utopia within a year.

I have stories of how Nigerians nearly ran down a national leading manufacturer, with theft and gross dishonesty.

I am a Nigerian and i can tell you for free, Nigerians have become very evil people, never leave own in charge of your business with very strict check and balances

Omalicious1:
I think he should start having his own filling stations so as to sell directly to the final consumers just like how he wants to do in the gas sector...

It's against the law. The refinery can't own filling station

Leave Nigerians to their slaving and hardship. Presently, LPG lands Jos Plateau State for 800 from major markerters but retailers sell for 1250 . This badmen have association they created to keep cost high. Same with petrol, cheaper in Bauchi than Jos. Same price of Jos in faraway Gombe and yobe. Na man dey do man .

dederocs:
Petrol Marketers have become evil and a thorn in the flesh of Nigerians, Dangote should go into distribution...buy or hire trucks.

He has imported 4000 trust for distribution from September three months ago

Are you still hopeful Nigeria will be better or you still want to remain delusional?

Gotocourt:
He has imported 4000 trust for distribution from September three months ago

Those marketers are greedy but Nigeria's and Nigerians interest is greater and more important than their profits. We don't need to import fuel no more to boost the naira, and Nigerians deserve lower prices.

Those marketers will now move to the ADC to get their country back so that the fraud can continue. ADC - Association of Disgruntled Criminals...that want many of the decadence to return. Subsidy cabal. Funny enough, many of the poor belive them.