Abeokuta Petrol station, Divine Park Gas and Oil charges extra fee for customers with old naira notes
The management of Abeokuta Petrol station, Divine Park Gas and Oil located in Idi-Aba area of Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital has introduced exploitation into sales of the products with condition that customers with old naira notes will have to pay extra charge to buy the products
Penpushing reports that it is recalled that the Supreme Court recently ordered that the old naira notes of N200, N500 and N1, 000 remained legal tender till end of December, but contrary to this order the fuel station now applied a strict condition for customers before accepting the notes.
The investigation conducted by Penpushing media revealed that the said fuel station known to have been selling a litre at N250 on offer of new notes by customers, has however, introduced a new ploy to exploit customers and now sell the products at N300 per litre.
Penpushing further reports that any customers with the old notes are now asked to buy a litre of fuel at N300 per litre, while those with new notes has to pay N250 per litre, a difference of additional N50 , an extra cost to get the products.
The seven-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice John Okoro has extended the validity of the N200, N500, and N1, 000 notes for next ten months which is to last till 31 December, 2023, and unanimously directed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) must continue to receive the old notes from Nigerians
Penpushing also reports that the court held that the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari for the redesign of the new notes and withdrawal of the old notes without due consultation is invalid, while a member of the panel, Justice Emmanuel Agim who read the lead judgement, equally condemned the President’s disobedience of the court’s 8 February order that the old N200, N500, and N1, 000 notes should continue to circulate alongside the new ones.
The panel pointed out that the president’s broadcast of 16 February that only N200 notes should remain legal tender made Nigeria’s democracy look like a mere pretension while democracy is replaced with autocracy.
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