BY AGENCY REPORTER
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has directed its members to withdraw their services from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation loading depot in Enugu.
The National President of IPMAN, Alhaji Sanusi Fari, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, in Enugu, said that the directive was in response to an alleged attack and invasion of the IPMAN secretariat by the Police at the Enugu depot, on Thursday.
The statement read that the attack was carried out against a subsisting court order.
“Sequel to this ugly development, the National Executive Committee of IPMAN has resolved and directed the withdrawal of our services at the Enugu loading depot with immediate effect.
“This will stop our services to members of the public in Enugu, Anambra, and Ebonyi from September 17 until the police illegality is reversed,” it read.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu State Command, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, denied the allegation.
Rather, Ndukwe said that detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, were on an investigation trip to the IPMAN office to serve the association’s members invitation over a court matter.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the South-East had been grappling with an acute shortage of petroleum products following a strike by the petroleum tanker drivers in the zone.
This accounts for the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit in the area with a litre currently selling between N250 and N300 in most petrol stations.
