Oil marketers have accused officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of extortion.
The Vice President, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Abubakar Dankingari said it was unfortunate that the NNPC officials were sabotaging Federal Government’s genuine intentions.
Dankingari said kerosene was still at a high price as marketers were facing serious bottlenecks at the depots.
The IPMAN official lamented that at all the three depots, marketers were required to present letters known as “Special Allocation from Abuja” to fast-track their loading, while other independent marketers queued endlessly.
He also alleged that the depots managements were selective in their dealings by always loading NNPC retail outlets and major marketers.
Dankingari accused the NNPC workers at the depots of extorting money from independent marketers before loading their trucks.
“All the three refineries are loading but the problem is that they are still engaged in sharp practices. They concentrate on loading major marketers and NNPC retail outlets,” he told The Nation.
“They load only few products for IPMAN members both petrol, diesel and kerosene. But they concentrate on loading major and NNPC retail outlets. They give only few quantity to IPMAN.
“They will not even load our members until they have extorted money from them. Most of the products they are loading in the three depots at refineries are special allocations from Abuja”, he alleged.
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