The Department of Petroleum Resources says it will force filling stations to sell petrol at N97. Operations Controller in Lagos/Ogun Zonal Office, Mr Gbenga Koku, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday that the agency had directed its surveillance teams to visit filling stations. Koku said that any station that failed to sell petrol at the approved price would be shut down immediately. “We are going to ensure that any station that has petroleum products sell to customers. “Our position is to clear all queues and ensure that stations sell petrol at the pump price rate of N97 per litre,” he said. The DPR boss, however, said many filling stations were closed because they lacked products, stressing that many stations had not received products since the strike started. “Most filing stations have ran out of stock and we expect that before the week runs out, they will have products,” he said. Koku noted that it was an offence to hoard petroleum products, adding that defaulting stations would be sanctioned.
