The Ibadan field office of the Department of Petroleum Resources, which controls Oyo and Osun, has shut about 100 petrol filling stations across the state for selling petrol above the official pump price of N87 per litre.
Apart from selling above the regulated price, the management of the affected filling stations were also accused of diversion of petroleum products, tampering with meters and other sharp practices.
Some of the filling stations shut in Ibadan and Osun are BK Petroleum, Mubilat Oil, Prolek, Mallo Petroleum, Taska Energy Resources and Femson Petroleum.
The Operations Controller, Ibadan field office, Mr Olakunle Ogunlana, who led the team around Ibadan Metropolis on Thursday, explained that the move became imperative in view of the excesses of some fuel marketers who engage in dubious activities that frustrate government’s effort at making the product available to the people.
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