Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Oyo State Command, Mr Michael Adaralewa has reiterated the Corps readiness to apprehend filling station owners who sells beyond normal pump price.
Mr Adaralewa stated this while addressing the anti vandalism officers deployed to monitor some filling stations who were dispensing a litre of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, above the recommended pump price.
He said filling stations owner who are taking undue advantage of the artificial scarcity of fuel to hike the price of the product thereby worsening the current situation in the state would be dealt with.
The State Commandant said this was in line with the directive of Commandant Generals Dr Abubakar Audi to all State Commandants to deploy personnel mostly Anti-Vandalism Squad to filling stations to maintain orderliness.
Also, he urged them to monitor compliance with government approved rates as well as to stop visible and perceived sharp practices observed during supervision and monitoring of filling Stations .
Mr Adaralewa noted that The Anti Vandalism Squad would visit filling stations in Oyo state, to monitor the compliance of sale of the commodity at the approved price, and cautioned them against hiking the price and ensured that the product is sold to motorists instead of hoarding it.
He warned erring filing stations who are still selling above the recommended pump price or hoarding the products thereby causing artificial scarcity to revert or risk being arrested and dealt with according to the law.
The NSCDC boss in Oyo state therefore charged members of the public to furnish the command with credible information on the activities of errant marketers and other crime and criminalities in Oyo state.
Rasheedah Makinde /PR