By Kolawole Ojebisi
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has cleared the air over a viral video of someone pouring a dark liquid which he claims to be Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) purportedly bought from an NNPC Retail outlet at Keffi Flyover, near Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The company dismissed the claim as pure falsehood adding that it “does not deal in adulterated products as it adheres to rigorous standards and quality control measures at every stage in its operations to ensure that only high quality, safe, and reliable petroleum products are available at its stations nationwide.”
The refutation is contained in a statement issued on Friday by company’s spokesman, Olufemi Soneye.
According to Soneye, the company has exhibited due diligence by carrying out spots check at all its outlets and found the claim to be false
“The product was not, and could not have been bought from any NNPC Retail outlet as the company does not dispense petroleum products into bottles or jerrycans as displayed in the video,” it said.
The NNPCL urged members of the public to discountenance the spurious claims made in the video and be wary of selfish and unpatriotic elements pushing such a narrative as they do not mean well for the country.
The oil industry has been mired in controversy for some weeks now as there are claims and counter-claims from different players in the sector.
While oil marketers claimed that the Dangote refinery makes its petrol more costly than imported ones, Dangote refinery has consistently countered that petrol sold at lower prices by others are substandard.
On November 3, the Dangote refinery said any oil marketer that sells petrol at prices lower than the price it offers is importing lower quality products into the market.
