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Akwa Ibom: Fishermen seek Gov Eno’s intervention as army seals filling stations in Ibaka

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Fishermen under the aegis of Watch Out Multi-purpose Co-operative Association of Nigeria, Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have urged Governor Umo Eno to intervene in the sealing of filling stations in Ibaka by operatives of the Joint Task Force.

It could be recalled that military operatives at Ibaka, under the guise of Operation Delta Safe , sealed up six filling stations in the river line community and impounded drums of PMS, drums of AGO, and two trucks of PMS, each containing 45,000 liters, on Friday, May 17. The affected filling stations include Defamous Station, Super King Station, Godsflower Station, Eyotech Oil, Owo Station, and Handicap Station.

Why should somebody spend up to N400,000 on fuel just for fishing?' Addressing a press conference earlier, the Chairman, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Oro chapter, Deacon Otuakak Emenyi, described the closure and impoundment of members' products as unlawful and called on the army to restore the seized products and open up the filling stations within one week of the press statement or members in Oro nation would be mandated to stop the sale of petroleum...

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