The aim of establishing NNPC Mega filling stations across the country may have been defeated, as there are reports of sharp practices been orchestrated by the independent marketers who are currently handling them.
The Graphic has received several reports from vehicle owners that the Mega Station in Felele, Lokoja, Kogi State capital is nota living up to the expectation of motorists.
Apart from the frustration being faced by motorists at this time of inadequate supply of petroleum products, tankers supplying the Mega Filling station allegedly divert them on regular basis.
Our correspondents who visits the mega station regularly often meet long queues and grumbling petroleum seekers, who hardly succeed in getting the product before it gets finished.
Some motorists even expressed doubt over the dependability of the metre used, and expressed concern that the metre may have been tampered with.
An ugly scene was witnessed by our reporter recently when the tanker that brought PMS allegedly sold part of it before reaching the station.
About two-thirds of the products were reportedly sold between the depot and the Mega Station.
Initially, the station manager refused to receive anything less than a full tank, but when it dawned on him that there was nothing that could be done under the circumstance, he accepted to receive the product with a documented
proviso that it was half-full.
Buyers of kerosene are probably the worst hit as black marketers and profiteers often invade the Mega Station in pick-up vans full of containers.
While the domestic users of kerosene line up for hours for the products, the profiteers often have their ways easily, for unknown reasons.
The Mega Station Manager declined answering any question, even as attempts to reach out to the controller, Deacon Ubolo Okpanachi could not yield any fruitful result.