Adulterated Petrol: Damaged Vehicles’ Claims  To Be Sent To FG, NNPC

There are indications that claims for repairs of vehicles affected in the dirty fuel imported by four indigenous firms into the country last week, would be sent to the Federal Government, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC Limited.
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), formerly Consumer Protection Council, said an arrangement has been put in place to compensate motorists whose vehicles were damaged by the adulterated fuel.
The Chief Executive Officer of the FCCPC, BabatundeIrukera, in an interview, said claims will be sent to retailers involved.
“The FCCPC has been engaging with respect to the issues arising from irregular fuel sold in parts of the country.
“Current engagement shows that key relevant stakeholders have arranged for retailers to accept responsibility for repair and restoration of damaged vehicles/equipment.
“The respective legal departments are working to establish a framework that does not address injury that falls within the category stated above”, he said.
Last week, the NNPC Group Managing Director, MeleKyari, said the national oil firm received on January 20, 2022, a report from its quality inspector on the presence of emulsion particles in PMS cargoes shipped to Nigeria from Antwerp-Belgium.
He said NNPC investigation revealed the presence of methanol in four PMS cargoes imported by its Direct Sale Direct Purchase  (DSDP) suppliers namely MRS, Emadeb/Hyde/AY Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium, Oando and Duke Oil.
Under the DSDP scheme, selected overseas refiners, trading companies and indigenous companies are allocated crude supplies in exchange for the delivery of an equal value of petrol and other refined products to the NNPC.
MRS had in a statement issued on Tuesday said the Duke Oil, a trading arm of NNPC, supplied a cargo of PMS through a vessel that delivered a total of 36,958 metric tonnes (49.56 million litres) in Apapa between January 24 and 30.
Emadeb/Hyde/AY Maikifi/Brittania-U Consortium said on Thursday that one of its members, Brittania-U was the sole supplier of a cargo, containing 90,000MT (120.69 million litres) of PMS delivered on January 2 to 4. 681m litres of good fuel required for two cargoes, quantity of two cargoes remains unknown.