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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Nigeria’s state-run NNPC and the Department of Petroleum Resources are working together to bring an end to black market petrol sales. The pair, along with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) have formed a team to monitor fuel distribution and clampdown on illegal filling stations.
So far seven stations along the Kubwa and Airport Road axes of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been caught. The petrol found in their storage tanks was then dispensed free of charge to motorists by members of the team led by the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru.
Speaking during the raid on an unnamed filling station in a suburb of Abuja, Baru said such stations were being used to divert products meant for legal filling stations and warned all such illegal marketers to desist from being used to sabotage the efforts of the government to make fuel available to all Nigerians at the approved price.
“I want to warn marketers who have refused to heed our advice, especially those operating at night, that the law will catch up with them very soon. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) have commenced monitoring of such stations. Just yesterday (Tuesday), we identified some defaulting stations and we are going to impound their products and dispense it free to motorists,” Baru stated.
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