The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said it had sealed 16 filling stations for selling petrol above N145 per litre pump price. The Operations Controller of DPR in Akwa Ibom, Mr Tamunoiminabo Sundaye, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket on Monday. He said that the department had begun close monitoring of the filling stations to ensure that they reversed their pumps to dispense petrol at N145 per litre. “I will not really say that there is much scarcity in Akwa Ibom because there is no queue. NAN reports that most filling stations in Akwa Ibom are selling petrol between N160 per litre and N170 per litre.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2017 12:56 UTC