The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Mele Kyari has accused DSDP suppliers for the importation of adulterated petrol into the country.

Kyari said the contaminated fuel was imported into the country through the Direct Sales Direct Purchase (DSDP) arrangement.

MRS had in a statement on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, accused the NNPC of importing the adulterated fuel into the country through one of its subsidiaries, Duke Oil.

“Due to the current subsidy regime, NNPC is the sole importer of all PMS in Nigeria. Consequently, NNPC, through their trading arm Duke Oil, supplied a cargo of PMS purchased from international trader Litasco and delivered it with the Motor Tanker (MT), Nord Gainer,” the statement read.

Following the accusation, Kyari while addressing journalists on Wednesday night said on the other hand, methanol was discovered in all four PMS cargoes imported by DSDP suppliers, including MRS.

He said the NNPC had in January received a report from its quality inspector on the presence of emulsion particles in PMS cargoes brought into the country by the DSDP suppliers from Antwerp,Belgium.

The NNPC boss said the cargoes quality certificates issued at load port (Antwerp, Belgium) by AmSpec Belgium showed that the gasoline complied with Nigerian specification, but tests were not conducted to ascertain the percentage of methanol in the product before the cargoes were released.

Nigerians have been struggling to buy petrol since Monday as efforts to recall the contaminated fuel from circulation led to fuel scarcity and long queues at petrol stations.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has vowed to investigate the situation and take appropriate actions.