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Fuel scarcity looms
- IPMAN threatens to shut down of filling stations
- Petroleum prices on the steady increase worldwide
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) threatens to shut down filling stations across the country. IPMAN is demanding an end to illegalities committed by the Nigerian Police. Speaking to journalists, the National Public Relation Officer (PRO) IPMAN, Yakubu Suleiman, has asked the Federal Government and the Inspector General of Police to intervene and resolve these issues.
According to Suleiman, the National Secretariat was invaded by some police officers for undisclosed reasons last Friday. ”There is subsisting Supreme Court judgment of December 2018 that have since disposed of Suit No. SC15/2015, and ordered that Mr Chinedu Okoronkwo be our President and Alhaji Danladi Pasali, as National secretary”, Suleiman stated. ”The continued violation of this judgment, even by the police, is causing more harm to the downstream sector of the petroleum industry, which, if not halted, will lead to impunity and anarchy”, he continued.
IPMAN member states have threatened to shut down facilities if the harassment by the police continues. ”It is true that members of IPMAN in many states of Nigeria have met, while others are meeting and communicating to us that they will shut down, from Tuesday. The implication would be a shortage or fuel scarcity in the country”, Suleiman added.