Adulterated Petrol: NMDPRA suspends four filling stations in Anambra
The Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency (NMDPRA) on Wednesday said it suspended operations of four filling stations in Anambra over suspected delivery of adulterated fuel.
Victor Orjiakor, operations controller of NMDPRA in Anambra said this in Awka on Wednesday.
The price of petrol has increased between N162 and N165 per litre to between N190 and N200 per litre in Awka and some parts of the state.
Mr Orjiakor said the proactive surveillance checks suggested that the products delivered to the filling stations might have been lifted from the depots that received the ‘methanol contaminated’ PMS consignment which entered the country last month.
He said samples had been collected from the outlets for laboratory testing and that in the meantime, they would not be allowed to sell the suspected unwholesome product to customers.
“We track every truck coming into the state, we don’t have any NNPC depot facilities in Anambra; we crosscheck every product coming in through Enugu and Aba depots and with that, we were able to discover four stations that received suspected adulterated PMS,” he said.
(NAN)
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