Calabar, Nigeria – The Cross River State Chapter of the Affiliation of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Merchandise (ADITOP) has dismissed claims by the Chief Robert Obi-led faction of the Impartial Petroleum Entrepreneurs Affiliation of Nigeria (IPMAN) that Zone 6 Assistant Inspector Normal of Police (AIG), Jonathan Towuru, opposes ADITOP’s operations within the state.
Describing the allegations as baseless, the State Chairman of ADITOP, Apostle Ekpenyong Ayi, said that AIG Towuru neither issued such a directive nor instructed ADITOP to steer clear of depots within the state.
Ayi emphasised that IPMAN lacks the authority to hinder ADITOP’s operations, labelling their actions as futile. “It’s shameful that, of their quest to realize their lustful needs, Obi and his co-travellers stooped so low as to hawk unfounded lies,” he mentioned.
He additional famous that involving a senior safety official such because the AIG of their claims was an try to mislead the general public. “The AIG Zone 6 is livid and has distanced himself from the report, which exposes the rip-off and ailing intentions of Obi and his cohorts,” Ayi added.
Addressing claims that some people named in IPMAN’s letter denied ADITOP, Ayi reiterated that ADITOP is a registered union with authorized rights to function. He described the affiliation as a united physique of petroleum tanker homeowners and entrepreneurs dedicated to professionalism and trade requirements.
Ayi warned IPMAN to chorus from spreading falsehoods and dragging ADITOP’s title into disputes, stressing that the affiliation stays targeted on supporting the federal government’s efforts within the downstream oil and gasoline sector.
Earlier, the Obi-led IPMAN allegedly said that the AIG affirmed its petition to arrest and prosecute any particular person or group of individuals working as ADITOP, urging them to remain clear from the depots in Calabar areas, for now pending the outcomes of their investigations.
