The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has sealed off unlawful oil and fuel stations in Taraba and Imo States.
NMDPRA mentioned its surveillance officers on Thursday sealed an organization recognized as Saismo Basic Retailers Restricted in Jalingo, Taraba State capital, for illegally participating within the sale of Liquefied Pure Gasoline.
In a video shared on its X deal with, the company confirmed an uncompleted constructing inside which a fuel station was positioned.
The video was captioned, ‘Surveillance officers of the authority sealed Saismo Basic Retailers Ltd. Yola Highway, Jalingo, Taraba State. It was sealed as a result of the corporate was illegally finishing up LPG operations.’
In the identical vein, NMDPRA disclosed on Thursday that Udeking Oil & Gasoline Nigeria Restricted positioned alongside the Owerri/Aba Highway, Naze, Imo State, was “sealed for working with no legitimate licence.”
NMDPRA famous that its officers had, earlier in December, sealed Oxkings Petroleum Restricted, located alongside Owerri-Port Harcourt Highway, Avu in Imo State.
“The retail outlet was sealed for under-dispensing of PMS by 470mls on each litre,” the NMDPRA disclosed on X.
NMDPRA is chargeable for the regulation of the midstream and downstream petroleum operations in Nigeria, which incorporates technical, operational and business actions.
It encompasses a merger of three defunct regulatory businesses: the Petroleum Merchandise Pricing Regulatory Company, the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (Administration) Board and the Midstream and Downstream Divisions of the Division of Petroleum Assets.
PUNCH On-line studies that the NMDPRA sealed and arrested the operator of an unlawful fuel outlet in Warri metropolis, Delta State.
The unnamed unlawful fuel outlet was positioned inside a residential constructing at Decrease Axis, Warri South Native Authorities Space.
Officers of the regulatory authority apprehended the suspect and handed him over to the Nigeria Police for prosecution after he was discovered to have eliminated the seal earlier positioned on his facility.