Recall that the routine monitoring exercise of DPR in Ilorin over the time had led to the immediate closure of many petrol stations which sold beyond official price among other severe punishments without regards to where and how the petroleum products were bought which caused them to sell above official prices.
This development had therefore led to scarcity of the products in Ilorin however outside the state capital such as Omuaran, Offa, Oro etc petroleum products were available but sold beyond official pump prices and commuters among other customers travelled from Ilorin to these cities to purchase the products.
While the DPR went round the petrol stations which sell beyond official price, IPMAN members followed suit and ordered their members to ignore the DPR directives to sell beyond official prices to alleviate the suffering of the masses in Ilorin.
The action further led the men of the Department of State Security, Police men and Mobile police to barricade the two entrance leading to the DPR office at GRA Ilorin as the IPMAN insisted on following them to their office.
IPMAN which was led by Alh. Okanlawon Olanrewaju the Chairman and supported by other members insisted that they will henceforth not obey the federal government regulation on the oil and gas sector prices.
Olanrewaju and his members stormed some of the filling stations that were hoarding petrol which were sealed by the officials of the DPR in the state capital and unseal them.
Speaking during the rancour in Joy by Joy filling station along Ajase-Ipo road in Ilorin, Olanrewaju flanked by some of his members said they have not been working for over 7months and promised that they will not continue like that.
We are buying petrol from private depots at N106 and reach N111 as landing cost. We do not have more than two trucks at Ilorin depot as we speak with you now. We can’t continue like that.
We have gone to dialogue with Controller of the DPR in the state but refused to listen to us and we don’t know why the Ilorin case is so peculiar because other states in the country are selling at the rate they buy the product in depot. We won’t obey any price regulation if we continue to buy the product at the private depot,” Olanrewaju said.
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