The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kogi State has closed eleven filling stations across the state.
According to the DPR State Controller, Amos Jokodola, the filling stations that were shut in an exercise during the week spread across the capital Lokoja, Obajana, lsanlu, Okene, Yagba East and Yagba West due to infraction.
He stated that “their pumps were not accurate (under-dispense) or cheating the general public. The eleven marketers have been sanctioned in accordance with the regulation. The sealed stations shall remain closed until the marketers pay the penalties and submit a written undertaking not to cheat the consumers anymore.”
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He added that 53 filling stations were visited in the state during the recent surveillance exercise.
The shut outlets included Oduanyo Business Enterprises Investment (Egbe), Olubush (Isanlu), Ardor Oil and Gas (Obajana), Ebugrap (Obajana), NNPC Mega 1(Lokoja), Royal Confluence (Lokoja), Always (Okene), Total Plc (Okene), Nice Mohammed Petroleum Company (Lokoja), A.Y.M Shafa (Lokoja) and Sunchy Global Investment Resources (Lokoja).