Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has said 16 trucks of petroleum product expected to be delivered to Adamawa State has been diverted by two unknown companies.
Controller of DPR Adamawa and Taraba, Muhammed Alaku stated during a monitoring tour of fuel stations in five different local government areas of the state.
He said Kakumi Nigeria Limited has lifted 11 trucks of fuel and Kavamchi Oil lifted 5 trucks of petroleum product which have not been delivered to the state.
Alaku said DPR has taken measures to track defaulters.
”We have sealed two filling stations in Taraba and one filling station in Adamawa for failure to comply to regulations and will continue to clampdown on any illegal activity aimed at frustrating the efforts of the federal government in making the product available to Nigerians." He stated.
The controller said he has visited five local governments which include Song, Gombi, Girei, Yola South and North and has noticed that there are less queues outside the cities, contrary to other places.
“We have gone round the filling stations in Song, Girei, Gombi, and two other local governments to see how the products are dispensed.
"There are less queues outside the city centre. Contrary to what you see in the city largely due to large population of people in the city centre, there is hardly scarcity of products here," he added.
He said he has directed all major marketers to concentrate on selling their petroleum products within the city in other to decongest the queues.
