Thirty-six suspected black
marketers have been arrested for allegedly hoarding and hawking Premium Motor
Spirit, popularly known as petrol, in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
The Commandant, Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nasarawa State Command, Mr. Mohammad
Gidado-Fari, while parading the suspects in Lafia on Thursday, said they were
apprehended for flouting the laws guiding the sale of the petroleum product
across the state.
He said, “The about 36
suspects were arrested for offences ranging from hoarding to unauthorised increase
of the pump price of PMS popularly called petrol.”
The NSCDC boss expressed
worry over the activities of the black marketers, noting that they had been
sabotaging the efforts of the Federal Government to ameliorate the hardship
faced by the citizens in getting petrol.
He stated that his men
raided filling stations which were not dispensing fuel and arrested the
suspects, who, he said, would be charged to court soon.
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