The PUNCH exclusively reported on Wednesday that three major oil marketers were expecting vessels of imported petrol this week barring any unforeseen circumstances.

Dealers said about 141 million litres of PMS are being conveyed to Nigeria by oil vessels following the full deregulation of the downstream oil sector by the Federal Government.

They also noted that the recent hike in the pump prices of petrol produced by the Dangote refinery and released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Monday had allowed room for PMS imports.

Reacting to this on Thursday, officials at the Dangote refinery and the Crude Oil Refiners Association of Nigeria tackled the marketers, stressing that aside from the fact that the situation would increase the demand for United States dollars, the imported fuels were of low quality.

“These people (marketers) are importing dirty fuels that are toxic,” an impeccable source at the Dangote refinery who spoke to one of our correspondents in confidence, declared.

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