JUST IN: 11 Filling Stations Sealed In Abuja

At least 11 filling stations have been sealed by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The filling stations were sealed for under dispensing and overpricing of petrol.

The DPR Zonal Operations Controller in Abuja, Mr Abubakar Buba, sealed the stations during a monitoring exercise on Wednesday.

Buba said that DPR would intensify its surveillance to make sure that filling station operators complied with the rules and regulations of their operations.

He said, “We sanctioned about eight stations yesterday and three others today because of overpricing and under dispensing of products.

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“So far so good, there are no queues, we did not find any station hoarding but we discovered few infractions which we have noted down and they are going to pay the appropriate fine.”

He, however, urged filling stations to ensure that manholes were properly covered after every stock taking to avoid water ingress.

Buba assured that the DPR would sustain the monitoring and would come after any station that would be found wanting in any of operations infractions.