The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, in Akwa Ibom, said it has sealed the NNPC mega filling station in Uyo, the state capital, for allegedly hoarding petroleum product.
The Controller (Operations) in charge of Akwa Ibom and Cross River, Bassey Nkanga, told News Agency of Nigeria in Eket on Sunday that the mega station had amassed enough product in its storage tanks, but refused to sell it to members of the public.
He appealed to residents of the state to be patient as government is working hard to redress the problem.
“The fuel scarcity is not experienced only in Akwa Ibom; it is a national problem. Yesterday, we got two trucks of the product for Uyo. We are monitoring the sale of the product to see if there will be any illegality," Nkanga said.
Smaller filling stations who pass back channel to buy the fuel from NNPC station and go sell it to the public at exorbitant prices will also be dealt wealth, as a way of restoring sanity to the sector.
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