EFCC arrests marketers for diverting N4.7m fuel

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four fuel marketers in Kano State for allegedly diverting 55,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol worth N4.7 million.

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) in Kano State has been accused of refusing to act even when fuel marketers sell at over 200 per litre.
The EFCC Public Relations Officer (PRO), North-West Zone, Mrs. Nana-Fatima Abubakar, disclosed the arrest while conducting journalists round the filling station where the commodity was diverted to at Laraba Abasawa in Gezawa Local Government Area.
She said the commission had since got a court order to dispose of the product to members of the public at government- approved price. Abubakar said the discovery was made by operatives of the commission who were on routine surveillance of petrol stations in parts of the state.http://newtelegraphonline.com/efcc-arrests-marketers-diverting-n4-7m-fuel/