The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), has alleged that fuel marketers have taken a sub-contract from the opposition (APC) to frustrate supplies of petrol to fuel stations.
In a Statement on Sunday, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, said that the situation was part of a grand plan to create tension in the polity.
Mr Fani-kayode said the opposition party had infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers.
“We know who the fuel marketers are. We know the relationship that exists between one of the biggest fuel marketers and a national leader of the APC. These unconscionable opposition elements infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers, whom they have contracted, in a calculated attempt to frustrate the good efforts of government.’
”Why have they taken this time when all hands are on deck for the March 28 elections to cause this artificial fuel scarcity?’
”The situation is so bad that they are not importing the product. They are even threatening tank farmers not to release any fuel in their depot, in order to sustain the shortage. We are aware that the tank farmers have reported the threat to the Police and other security agencies,” Mr Fani-Kayode said.
He stated that the situation showed “how desperate and wicked the opposition (APC) can be” in their quest for presidential power.
The PDPPCO blamed the APC for “retrogression with a devilish mindset to unleash the worst form of anarchy on the nation before, during and after the Presidential elections”.
In conclusion, he said: ”The PDPPCO also wishes to use this medium to alert the nation on the lingering plot by the opposition elements, who have been sponsoring their agents of destruction in the power sector, to vandalise critical infrastructure in order to reduce the megawatts of electricity that is being generated and reverse the gains that government is making in the sector”
