As part of efforts to sanitize the fuel supply and distribution system in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has intensified arrest and prosecution of erring marketers and fuel hawkers across the nation.
The NNPC Special Task Force on Filling Stations Monitoring has arrested several people including two filling station managers who diverted 66,000 litres of petrol and six illegal hawkers of petrol in Abuja.
The two managers of Azman filling stations in Nyanya and Kuje were arrested for diverting trucks of petrol meant for their stations to unknown destinations.
The NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, disclosed these in statement on Wednesday.
He said the managers have been handed over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for prosecution.
“In addition to prosecution, the filling stations would pay a N250 fine for each litre of petrol diverted,” Ughamadu stated.