Attah Ede, Makurdi
OWNERS of petrol stations in Otukpo, Benue State, on Tuesday, shut down their facilities and refused to sell to the public thereby causing artificial fuel scarcity in the area.
This was as a result of a brawl between some men and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and fuel pump attendants in the town.
The petrol stations’ owners alleged that the NSCDC personnel were interfering with their trade by demanding for bribe.
They added that any time the agency’s men solicited for gratification from the pump attendants or managers and they (workers) were turned down, the officers would begin to molest the workers.
A fuel station owner in Otukpo, Mr. Achi Shaibu, who spoke with our correspondent, said about 12 officers and men of the NSCDC came to his fuel station, demanding to see the manager.
He explained that having seen him, the officers directed him to close down the station for his refusal to come to their office to pay N10,000.
He alleged...
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