About 41 petrol stations in Akwa Ibom have been sealed by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), for selling petrol above the government approved N87 pump price per litre.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the DPR controller of operations in the state, Asuquo Antai, made this disclosure in Eket, headquarters of Eket Local Government Area of the state.
He explained that the department also forced 21 filling stations to correct their adjusted pumps that were under-dispensing the product or selling for N100 per litre.
Antai said the petrol stations sealed for operating without the DPR licenses, diversion of fuel in the state and selling DPK above government approved pump price.
The DPR controller disclosed added that out of 76 filling stations visited, 21 agreed to immediately correct their meters from N100 per litre to N87 per litre under DPR supervision.
“About 14 filling stations were selling appropriately at N87 per litre while 41 stations were sealed for selling above the government approved pump price of N87 per litre,” Antai said.
The names of some of the sealed stations are Honeywell, Eubinis Petroleum, Ecoba Nigeria Limited, E. Okon, Union Oil and Gas limited, Animac Multi-Service Limited and Ezikco Venture Limited.
Antai noted that some defaulters have started paying their fines to the department which is accompanied with a written undertaking stating they will not default in future.
Recall that DPR had on July 30, 2015 vowed to sanction depot owners and major marketers that sell petroleum products above regulated price.
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