Why We Can’t Sell Petrol At N86.50– Imo marketers

Petroleum marketers in Imo State have said that based on current realities they cannot sell petrol at the official pump price of N86.50 per litre. The marketers said this while decrying the sealing of filling stations in the state by Department of Petroleum Resources for allegedly selling petrol above

 official price.The Chairman, Association of Imo State Petroleum Marketers/Dealers, Chief Christopher Amadi, said over 50 filling stations were sealed in the last one month. Amadi said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Owerri that dealers no longer got supply
from the NNPC depots in Aba, Enugu and Port Harcourt.According to him, the development has forced the marketers to source petroleum products from private tank farms in Port Harcourt, Calabar and Uyo.“Owners of the petroleum tank farms do sell petrol at a relatively higher price.This clandestine business is the reason behind selling petrol above N86.50 per litre at the privately owned filling stations in parts of the state,” he said.