The Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) has
sealed eight filling stations in Adamawa and Taraba
states and recovered 190, 000 litres of petroleum
products diverted by a major marketer in the two
states.

DPR’s Operations Controller for the states, Mr.
Sunday Musa Akem, told journalists yesterday in
Numan, Adamawa State, that he was at A Salisu
Nigeria Limited filling station to monitor the sale of
the recovered products, alleging that it was notorious
for diversion of products allocated to it.

He said that at six different times between December
last year and this month, the station diverted 190,000
litres of PMS, which was recovered and sold to
motorists at the approved pump price.
Akem said the station was caught by DPR officials
selling PMS at N2000 per litre and has been fined
N200 per litre, adding that other stiff measures
would be taken against it before been allowed to lift
the products in future.

This, he said, is to serve as a warning to other
marketers sabotaging government policies and to
ensure that PMS is available to the public.

Source: Nigeria Today