Fuel scarcity: DPR seals up 50 filling stations in Oyo

Fuel scarcity: DPR seals up 50 filling stations in Oyo
By Dele Ogunyemi, Ibadan | Publish Date: Nov 4 2015 8:16PM | Updated Date: Nov 5 2015 4:12AM
Fuel scarcity: DPR seals up 50 filling stations in Oyo
A filing station along Idi Aba road besieged by anxious motorists and individuals as fuel scarcity entered its second day in Abeokuta yesterday.

The inspection teams of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), in Ibadan field office has sealed off about 50 filling stations across Oyo State for various offences including sale of the product above the government approved pump price.
 The DPR teams are also sanctioning erring fuel marketers for other offences ranging from hoarding of petroleum products, thereby creating artificial scarcity, absconding from station when people queue up to buy fuel and delaying sale of fuel product till late in the night to make illegal gains.
 The development followed tip-off and series of complaints from members of the public. Consequently, Daily Trust gathered that staff of the DPR, working in separate teams with the assistance of men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps visited the interior parts of the state where sharp practices are rampant.