IPMAN Withdraws Service Over Petroleum Crisis

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, has directed its members to withdraw their services from the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, loading depot in Enugu.

A Statement signed by the National President of IPMAN, Sanusi Fari, disclosed that the directive was in response to an alleged attack and invasion of the IPMAN secretariat in the Enugu depot, on Thursday, by men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF.

The statement noted that the invasion and attack were carried out with impunity and against a subsisting court order.

Reacting, the Police Public Relations Officer, Enugu Command, Daniel Ndukwe, denied the allegation but said detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Abuja, were on an investigation trip to the IPMAN office to serve the association’s members’ invitation over a court matter.