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Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase

IGP orders arrest, prosecution of persons selling petrol in ‘jerry cans,’ plastic containers

Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase

Concerned by the untold suffering as well as hazards emanating from the activities of black marketers, especially those who sell petroleum products inside plastic containers/jerry-cans, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase, has directed all Zonal Assistant Inspectors-General of Police and FCT/State Commands’ Commissioners of Police to arrest anybody found selling petrol and other petroleum products in plastic containers.

The IGP, who issued the directives in Abuja on Monday, said that apart from the hardship this act is causing to fuel buyers, it has also rendered some innocent and law abiding citizens homeless due to fire outbreaks from jerry-can petrol storage. He noted that fuel products such as petrol are highly flammable and if not stored and handled properly, can seriously endanger people, property and the environment.

While warning fuel attendants at filling stations to desist from selling petrol inside jerry-cans/plastic containers, the Inspector-General of Police said both the buyers and the sellers of the products will be arrested and prosecuted under the law.

The IGP, while assuring Nigerians of the readiness of the Police to fulfill its constitutional mandate, appealed for a more cordial relationship between the Police and the public.

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