Recently the state has been experiencing shortage of petroleum products with many filling stations closed down leading to hike in the pump price by some station owners who still have the products.
The Zonal Operations Controller of the Department of Petroleum Resources in charge of Sokoto and Kebbi states, Alhaji Mohammed Makera, disclosed to newsmen in Sokoto on Tuesday shortly after a raid on some filling stations that six independent marketers' filling stations in Sokoto and its environs were sealed for various offences.
The Zonal Operations Controller of the Department of Petroleum Resources in charge of Sokoto and Kebbi states, Alhaji Mohammed Makera, disclosed to newsmen in Sokoto on Tuesday shortly after a raid on some filling stations that six independent marketers' filling stations in Sokoto and its environs were sealed for various offences.
Makera said five of the filling stations were sealed for selling petrol above the official pump price of N87 per litre and fined N100,000 each.
The remaining filling station was sealed for hoarding and fined N200,000.
“All the sealed filling stations would not be reopened until they write an undertaking to sell petroleum products at the government-approved pump prices,” he said.
Makera warned the marketers against contravening the government regulations, vowing to duly sanction any erring filling station in the two states.
The remaining filling station was sealed for hoarding and fined N200,000.
“All the sealed filling stations would not be reopened until they write an undertaking to sell petroleum products at the government-approved pump prices,” he said.
Makera warned the marketers against contravening the government regulations, vowing to duly sanction any erring filling station in the two states.
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