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Nigeria Customs Sell Seized Petrol At N630/litre

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THE Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has auctioned seized petrol at ₦630 per litre in ibadan, the Oyo state capital.

The move is part of their efforts to crackdown on fuel smuggling and promote cooperation from the public to tackle illegal trade.

The auction, which took place at a private owned fuelling station, mosfala, Muslim area of ibadan gave the residents the opportunity to benefit directly from the recovered products.

At the commencement of the sales of the PMS ,the Comptroller -General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, represented by the national coordinator operation whirlwind, Hussein Ejibunu said the thirty kegs of petrol and a tanker filled with thirty thousand litres of PMS were seized at a border town between Oyo and Osun states.

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