DPR shuts four petrol stations in Abuja

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Saturday shut four petrol stations in Abuja for hoarding, under dispensing and other sharp practices while selling Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the city.

DPR Zonal Operation Controller, North Central, Alhaji Mohammed Usman, told journalists while monitoring some filling stations that the agency would continue to sanction those engaging in sharp practices.

Usman said that most of the filling stations visited had products to sell, adding that there was no need for the long queues witnessed in the city.

The Zonal Controller said the DPR had directed that henceforth, there should be no fuel reserve fuel for the so called “special customers.”


Mr. Ademola Abraham, a motorist, at NNPC Beulah, commended the effort of the DPR in ensuring that the products were dispensed fairly.

“We have been here (petrol filling station) since 6:00am, but they refused to sell to us. Yesterday, we saw them discharging products but they refused to sell,’’ he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).