Kware Fuel Scarcity: Six Filling Stations Sealed Off In Ilorin

As part of effort to ensure the
availability of petrol, guard against
hoarding and artificial scarcity, the
Department of Petroleum Resources
(DPR) in Kwara State has sealed off
six petroleum filling stations.
The DPR’s new Operation Controller in
the state, Phillips Salvation, alongside
other officials, monitored petrol stations
in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, to
ensure that they comply with rules
guiding the purchase and selling of the
products.
The monitoring process included
checking of metres, the quantity of fuel
in the tanks and the quality of the fuel
being sold, among others.
Those found wanting were fined with
two million naira each and their
stations were sealed.
The monitoring team had to move in
company of security operatives due to
an ugly incident that occurred a day
earlier, where some officials of DPR
were attacked by hoodlums.
However, the manager of the station,
while explaining the situation, absolved
his staff of any attempt to attack the
staff of DPR, but blamed it on petroleum
buyers who thought they were about
stopping the sale of petrol, having
waited for hours.
The Controller, however, gave the
assurance that the monitoring would be
a continuous exercise and warned
filling stations to abide by the rules and
regulations.