The Department of Petroleum Resources, Bayelsa State Office, has warned that the organisation will continue to sanction any petroleum marketer in the state ripping customers off by selling petrol above the approved pump price.
The DPR reiterated that the depot price of petrol remained N133 per litre contrary to claims by marketers that they were buying the product at a cost higher than the approved pump price.The DPR was reacting to complaints by some users of the product that they were buying a litre of petrol above N200.
The State Controller, DPR in Bayelsa State, Mrs. Ejiro Ufondu, explained that the depot price of petrol was N133, saying that enforcement officials had always made sure that customers in the state were not short-changed by greedy marketers.
DPR said they monitor petrol stations on daily patrol to ensure that marketers did not cut corners in the sale of petrol.