NNPC imported 100 million litres of adulterated petrol – marketers

The contaminated petrol imported into the Nigerian markets by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been estimated to be 100 million litres.

The adulterated petrol has cause the scarcity of the product in Lagos and Abuja, and other neighbouring states since Sunday.

Oil marketers estimated that about 100 million litres of contaminated petrol were imported into Nigeria and had been recalled by the Pipelines Product Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the NNPC.

The recall caused severe queues in Abuja, Lagos, Niger, Nasarawa and many other states, as the few petrol outlets that dispensed products were crowded by motorists and other PMS users.

Many other filling stations were shutdown on Tuesday for lack of products to sell, while black marketers greeted various major roads in Abuja, selling products to interested consumers.

It was also gathered that though efforts were being made to address the concerns, the queues and shortage of petrol might drag till this weekend.

The NMDPRA said in a statement it issued in Abuja that limited quantity of PMS with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification was discovered in the supply chain.