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IPMAN protests diversion of Ondo-bound diesel, kerosene, PMS

12:09 Jun 27 2022 Ondo State

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Concerned members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigerian (IPMAN), Ondo State chapter have raised alarm over alleged diversion of diesel, kerosene and premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol from NNPC Depot in Ore, Ondo State.

According to the independent marketers, Ore Depot is the only depot that feeds Ondo and Ekiti States and it has been neglected for over 15 years before it was resuscitated to supply Ondo and Ekiti states, but alleged that the oil products allocated to the depot are currently being diverted to the northern part of the country.

Salisu Ojo, who spoke on behalf of his co-marketers on Sunday, stated that some people came with letters from NNPC Headquarters to evacuate the diesel and kerosene at the Depot.

But, they later discovered that the people who evacuated the products ended up diverting and selling the products to non-existing companies in Lagos to aid their diversion.

Having discovered the development, the marketers protested when the same set of people came with another letters to evacuate premium motor spirit (PMS) from the depot.

The marketers lamented that the people of Ondo and Ekiti states are currently suffering from non-availability of diesel, kerosene and PMS which had led to long queues at filling stations mostly in the State capital, Akure.

BusinessDay reports that long queues returned to filling stations in Akure and some cities within the state as a result of scarcity of petroleum products which prompted different filling stations to sell the products at different exorbitant pump prices.

Some filling stations sell PMS at N200 or more per litre, while diesel sells at N1000 or more in some places.

The aggrieved marketers, however, called on relevant agencies to investigate where diesel and kerosene that were loaded last week to know where they went to and also to make sure that the remaining PMS (petrol) at the Depot is circulated across the two states, Ondo and Ekiti.
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