Most of the petroleum stations in Badagry communities have closed as the
National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG)
suspended distribution of fuel to the city.
Mr Tayo Aboyeji, Chairman, South-West Chapter of the union told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the suspension was due to
harassment and molestation of its members by men of Customs and Army in
the area.
The chairman said that the customs under the Joint Border Patrol
operations arrested a tanker driver who missed its way in Badagry and
drove it to Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
The customs was of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ in Ikeja.
“A tanker driver from Port Harcourt was sent to Badagry to deliver
petroleum to a station, unfortunately, he missed his way and while
asking for direction, the tanker driver was arrested by the men of joint
border patrol.
“The tanker was taken to FOU in Ikeja. I wrote to the Controller on the
issue and met DC Enforcement on the matter and I was directed to the
Officer in Charge of Legal issues in same office.
“OC Legal told me that he had not received the file from joint patrol operation office and promised to call me later.
“But surprisingly, our enforcement unit in Agbara stopped a tanker to
check his paper to find out if its delivery documents were intact, but
there were errors in his documents,” he said.
Aboyeji said that the NUPENG enforcement team thought it was a stolen
product, adding that they did not know that it was a product that was
under investigation that had been sold to a buyer.
” Thinking that it was a stolen product, they drove it to Area K Police Command in Morogbo.
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