Oando filling station sells petrol for N180, manager arrested

For selling petrol above the retail price, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested the Manager of Oando filling station located along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around Berger, Rasaq Fakorede.
Fakorede was said to be selling at N180 and into Jerry cans.
The information at the disposal of the police has it that the petrol station was selling fuel to hawkers who brought jerry cans to the station, neglecting motorists.
The officers of the RRS busted the station and caught the station’s attendants selling fuel to people with Jerry can while many other car users only lined up without any hope of buying fuel at the station.
RRS sources informed that the petrol station was dispensing the fuel to the public at the exorbitant price of N180, which was far-fetched from the regulated pump price of N86.50k.
The investigation further revealed that the station, as at the time of the visit, still had  over 5,000 litres inside its underground tanks, while refusing to sell to motorists.
Aside this, about 30 jerry cans, some of which were filled with premium motor spirit, kept inside inner offices waiting to be collected by their owners, were confiscated from the manager.
As a result of this, the station manager and accountant, Ibrahim Adewale, were both arrested for hoarding fuel meant to be sold to members of the public.
Speaking, one of the motorists, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “We have been on queue since 4am.
“This petrol station has refused to sell since that time.
“All they have been selling are jerry cans.
“Imagine them selling 25 litres at N7,000.
“They are saboteurs to the development of this country.
“Imagine, this is my third time of lining up to queue for the fuel, but at every time I come here, they never attended to those of us who came here with our cars, including commercial drivers.
“They only sell fuel into jerry cans.”
In his response, Fakorede pleaded for pardon, adding: “I would organise my boys to start selling the fuel to the vehicles on queue.”
However, while the RRS was effecting the arrest of the manager, the Department of Petroleum Resources Taskforce arrived and confirmed that the station still has over 4,000 litres of fuel in its reserves.
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.