The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Friday sealed six filling stations in Ilorin, Kwara State for hoarding fuel.
This was revealed by the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold, who decried the situation and noted that only a few filling stations in the State now have and sell the product.
He said the affected stations are Golden Mother Filling Station, Agbabiaka, Ilorin, Korrect Petroleum, Agbabiaka, Ilorin, Haflum Filling Station, Baboko, Ilorin, Lakeside Filling Station, Lagos Road, Ilorin, NNPC Retail Station, Okoolowo, Ilorin and Alhaji M. Oyetunji Filling Station, Ajase-Ipo.
Gold noted that the State Government had set up a task force to tackle hoarding and the activities of black marketers who are worsening the situation.