The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has guided its individuals to pull out their services from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) depot terminal in Enugu.
The National President of IPMAN, Alhaji Sanusi Fari, who unveiled this in an assertion on Thursday, in Enugu, added that the mandate was because of a supposed assault and attack of the IPMAN secretariat in the Enugu terminal, on Thursday, by men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF).
The president said that the intrusion and assault were done without risk of punishment and against a subsisting court order.
“Spin-off of this appalling turn of events, the National Executive Committee of IPMAN has settled and coordinated the withdrawal of our services at Enugu loading depot with prompt impact.
“This will stop our services to members of the public in Enugu, Anambra, and Ebonyi from Sept. 17 until the police illegality is reversed,” Fari said.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Enugu Command, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, denied that operatives of the command blockaded or attacked the IPMAN secretariat in Enugu.
Instead, Ndukwe said that detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Abuja, were on an examination trip to the IPMAN office to serve the affiliation’s individuals invitation over a court matter.
Reviews show that the South-East had been wrestling with an intense lack of fuel-based commodities, following a strike by petrol tanker drivers in the area.
The circumstance had expanded the cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the area as a liter right now sells somewhere in the range of N250 and N300 in most gas stations.
Ada Peter
