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NSCDC orders sale of diverted petrol

According to him, the product was initially allocated to MRS filling station in Jalingo, but was diverted to black market.

Officials of the NSCDC

The Spokesman of the Command, Mr Iliyasu Samaila, disclosed this in Jalingo in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday.

``The State Commandant, Alhaji Kamilu Isah, detailed men of the Command to remain at the MRS filling station, Barde Way, until every litre was sold to motorist at N86.50 per litre,’’ Samaila said.

The NSCDC had on Monday arrested Alhaji Ishaku Kashere, the state’s Chairman of the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and four others in connection with the fuel diversion.

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The Corps also impounded a Kashere’s tanker loaded with petrol, along Yola road in Jalingo.

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