Leadership of NUPENG has, therefore, vowed not to lift any product until police re-arrest and prosecute the suspects whom the uniondescribed as “economic saboteurs and enemies of the society.”
Vanguard gathered that the suspects were arrested on Friday, but were released the following day after an alleged meeting with themanagement of AGS Barma.
Confirming the development, Chairman, Western Zone of NUPENG, Comrade Tokunbo Korodo, accused the police of not only compromising,but also aiding and abetting economic saboteurs.
Comrade Korodu said: “On Friday, our task force got wind that some people were allegedly adulterating diesel and kerosine at AGS BarmaYard. Our team moved in swiftly but they were stopped at the gate by adetachment of police from Itire.
“I called on the Commissioner of Police and reported the matter. He gave the number of Area D, Mushin, commander to me. I called thecommander and he called the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, before wewere allowed into the yard.
“At the yard, 20 trucks and their drivers were allegedly mixing diesel with kerosine. They were promptly arrested and moved to ItirePolice station. From there, in company of some of our men they weretaken to Area D.”
N270bn spent to subsidise fuel imports —PPPRA
Meanwhile, Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, said weekend that the Federal Government spent N270 billion tosubsidise the importation of petroleum products by marketers in thelast seven months.
Executive Secretary, PPPRA, Mr. Abiodun Ibikunle, who disclosed this while briefing journalists on activities of the agency assured thatqueues were not likely to return in the country as adequate provisionshad been made to ensure uninterrupted supply of petroleum products.
Ibikunle said since assumption of office, the agency had deregulated the importation of fuel into the country to bring in more playersespecially “traders” outside the major and independent marketers toensure that scarcity did not resurface in any part of the country.
He debunked allegations that the agency was allocating licence for importation of products to “portfolio holding businessmen” who lackedthe capacity to deliver on the volume allocated to them, while thosewith the capacity had been sidelined.
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