While the DPR shut 90 filling stations in Oyo and Osun states, it closed 24 in Plateau.
The agency also arrested some filling station owners in Ilesa and Ife areas of Osun State, while its inspection team ordered some filling stations to sell kerosene and petrol at the official prices.
Two filling stations allegedly owned by a former governor of Oyo State were among those sealed along the Ogbomosho-Ilorin Road on Thursday for selling the product above the pump price.
The Controller of Oyo and Osun states field offices of the DPR, Olakunle Ogunlana, who spoke through the Deputy Manager (Operations), Mr. Sadiq Ibrahim, said the department would continue the hunt for fraudsters among the marketers.
In Plateau State, the DPR Operations Controller, Mr. Caesar Douglas, said, “Our outing today is so revealing. There are some marketers doing illegal business with the PMS; they have been cheating innocent Nigerians and we have no option than to seal their stations.
“We have sealed a total of 24 filling stations in Plateau State of which there are 16 licensed marketers and seven unlicenced ones. They will be penalised for hoarding fuel, selling above the approved price, diversion of their allocations and operating without licences.
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