Operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested the Manager of Oando Filling Station located along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Mr. Rasaq Fakorede, for selling petrol at N180 per litre far above the pump price and into Jerry cans.
The DPR has warned filling stations across the country not to take advantage of the scarcity to extort the public.
The RRS officers were tipped off that the petrol station was selling fuel to hawkers who brought dozens of jerry cans to the station thus neglecting motorists.
The RRS officers moved in and arrested the attendants selling fuel to the hawkers ignoring the hundreds of motorists who had queued up.
The filling station as at the time of the visit was said to have over 5,000 litres in its dump but the attendants refused to sell to the motorists.
Aside this, about 30 jerry cans, some of which were filled with PMS were kept inside inner offices waiting to be collected by their owners who are mostly hawkers.
As a result of this, the station’s manager and the accountant, Ibrahim Adewale, were both arrested for hoarding fuel meant to be sold to members of the public.
The Manager and the station’s head of account have been handed over to the Isheri Divisional Police Station for transfer to the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja.
