DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES SEAL 3 FUEL STATIONS IN LAGOS, SANCTIONS 95 IN DELTA

“We have summoned them to our office in Lagos to come and tell the management why they are hoarding and selling above the official price. The T.Tab Global Merchant in Epe pretended that it did not have the stock because nobody was around to answer us, but the motorists confirmed that it stopped selling because of our presence. We have sealed the station as well, the dealer has been invited to our office,” he said.

Abel said the attendants in NIPCO filling station at Kilometre 32, Ibeju-Lekki were selling petrol at N170 per litre when the team got to the station,and  It was, therefore, sealed.

In a related development, Warri Zonal Office of Department of Petroleum Resources(DPR) has sanctioned over 95 erring petrol stations in Delta State since fuel scarcity resurfaced in December 2017.

The Zonal Operations Controller, Antai Asuquo, said on Thursday in Warri that the petrol stations were sealed over offences bordering on hoarding, over-pricing and diversion of products, adding that over 80 of the fuel stations were sanctioned between December 2017 and January 3, while 15 others were booked in the last one week by the regulatory agency.

Asuquo  also said that two workers  of a fuel station in Warri were recently apprehended by the surveillance team for violating DPR seals’ rules, adding that the culprits would be released and the station unsealed after the owner pays N1 million as penalty.

The Controller added s that one station in Warri was sanctioned on Wednesday for diverting 38,000 litres of petrol, stressing that it would pay N200 per litre of the volume as punishment