DPR seals four Abuja petrol stations for ‘hoarding fuel’

The department of petroleum resources (DPR) has sealed four petrol stations in Abuja for hoarding duel, under-dispensing it and for involvement in other sharp practices in selling premium motor spirit (PMS).

Mohammed Usman, zonal operation controller of DPR in the north-central, told newsmen while monitoring some filling stations on that DPR would continue to sanction those engaged in sharp practices.

Commenting the fuel scarcity, Usman said that most of the filling stations visited had products to sell, and there was no need for the long queues witnessed in the city.

He also said the DPR had directed that henceforth, there should be no reserve of fuel for the so called ‘special customers’.

Ademola Abraham, a motorist at NNPC Beulah, commended the effort of the DPR in ensuring fair sale of the commodity.

“We have been here (petrol filling station) since 6a.m but they refused to sell to us. Yesterday, we saw them discharging products but yet they have refused to sell,” he said.

Another motorist, Abdulrahman Sani, said he queued at NNPC Gauiyya affiliate station before he could get the product.