The leadership of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), on Friday, ordered a total closure of all fuel stations across Oyo state until further notice over alleged harassment and intimidation by officers of the IGP Monitoring Squad.
Speaking with journalists at the IPMAN Headquarters in Ibadan the Oyo state capital, the chairman of the association, Alhaji Bukola Mutiu, linked the ongoing fuel scarcity across the state to the high cost of diesel as well as the inability of Oyo State-based petroleum marketers to load fuel directly from Ibadan depot.
Mutiu noted that the leadership of the association has been managing the crisis for a very long time before the matter goes beyond control due to an increment in the price of the diesel, as well as Premium Motor The spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol
He said: “It is so unfortunate that all the depots in South West are not working. We can’t load from Ithe badan depot here. We need to filter to Lagos or the ar East to buy from some local marketers that bought the fuel from Glitter
“Sometimes we buy at the rate of N158-N159 per liter and lately it has increased. By the time we add transport cost which is N18 per liter then you will see that there is no how we will sell at the government pump price of N165 and that is the reason why playground of us selling at per liter. Government should find a way to deregulate the oil sector.
“Government should give us a level playground We have ordered for a total shut down of all filling stations across the state because some officer’s prices claimed to be IGP monitoring squad have been intimidating and harassing our members for non-compliance with government regulation pump prices The s I’m talking to you now, five of our fill stations have been sealed, while some of our members have been arrested.
“We are calling on the government to clear the air on who has the mandate is to seal the filling station over any suspected irregularities. We are only aware of the Department of Petroleum Resource (DPR) which has the mandate to seal any filling station that violates government regulations. But nowadays we have no fewer than six uniform agencies under the Nigeria Police Force coming to claim the mandate of DPR which is now known as Nigeria Mainstream and Downstream Authority.
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