According to the Operations Controller in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Tamunoiminabo Kingsley-Sundaye, the discovery was made during routine surveillance of filling stations in the state. Kingsley-Sundaye told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Eket that one of the petrol stations operated discreetly and illegally, with neither a name nor operational licence from DPR. When any filling station does not pass through the last process and you are in operation, that station is illegal. He said the illegal stations encouraged diversion of petroleum products in the state because they are not supposed to lift products. Most of the filling stations, he said, have not renewed their DPR licence in the state, warning them to desist from violating the department’s seal order.

Source: Punch February 20, 2018 17:26 UTC