Seven filling stations in Oleh, Delta State, were Tuesday, sealed for sharp practices, says the Warri Zonal Office of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR).

Mr Olakanmi Ayodeji, the Assistant Director, Operation, DPR, Warri Zonal Office, told newsmen in Warri on Thursday that the erring filling stations in Oleh, Isoko South Local Government Area of the state as Robor Nig. Ltd; Felimbuk Nig. Ltd and AP Oleh service station.

The others are Eskom Electrical Ltd, Mama G Divine Project, Dipaag Oil and Gas and another Felimbuk Nig. Ltd.

Ayodeji said that they were sanctioned for various offences ranging from under-dispensing, operating without valid licence and hoarding.

He said that the DPR surveillance team visited 17 outlets in the Ughelli/Isoko axis and shut down the seven stations.

The DPR official said that four of the remaining 10 filling stations were without products.

Ayodeji said that the agency will sustain surveillance across the state to check sharp practices among marketers.

The assistant director said that the offenders will pay the stipulated fines to the federal government before their filling stations will be re-opened.