By Bisola Adeyemo
The Department of Petroleum Resources, (DPR)a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ( NNPC) at weekend closed down about 20 filling stations in Niger State over an alleged of selling fuel above official price
This was made known by the Operations Controller, Field Office Minna, Engineer Abdullahi Isah Jankara during a briefing.
However, he gave reasons for the closure of the over 20 filling stations within a week.
According to him, daily times reports that the exercise was a continues process, “because the NNPC has confirmed product availability hence to do the needful.”
He further explained that the department has sealed filling stations in the state over price hike above N165 per litre and other related offences as stipulated by the federal government.
Jankara insisted that he will not leave any stone unturned in an effort in ensuring that marketers sell their product at a regulated price or face the wrath of the law.
The DPR he went on, has found out that some marketers were selling between N175 and N185 per litre instead of the approved price of N165 per litre and those stations caught in the act were sealed and are to pay fines.
