Ifeanyi Ubah Wades Into The Current Fuel Crisis, His Capital Oil To Make Available 13 Million Litres Of Fuel

One of Nigeria’s biggest names in oil distribution and marketing, Capital Oil, owned by Ifeanyi Ubah has come to the aid of the people.

Ubah announced in a statement that his company would begin shipment of
13 million litres of fuel before
dawn, to help curb the scarcity which has seen fuel sold on the black market for as high as N1000/litre.

Read Ubah’s full statement below.

On Saturday 16th May 2015, we received an SMS ordering the suspension of loading activities in all depots
from Monday 18th May 2015. We later realized that this directive was as a result of unpaid funds owed to
transporters by oil marketers who in turn are owed by the Federal Government.

This development has resulted
in immense hardship to our fellow country men and women. We believe that a better solution can be pursued
towards solving this problem in a way that does not adversely affect our dear citizens.
Capital Oil and Gas has watched with so much pain, the suffering and hardship our citizens have been
subjected to as a result of scarcity of petrol, diesel, aviation fuel and house hold kerosene.

We are deeply pained to hear that hospitals cannot perform surgeries, laboratories are unable to carry out much needed tests
especially for emergency patients leaving such patients at risk of dying, radio stations are shutting down,
communication is being affected as MTN and other telecommunications company have announced an
impending shut down while homes, offices and key facilities nationwide are experiencing blackouts.

In some parts of the country, petrol is already selling at an all-time high of N1,000 per litre. Our citizens have left their
homes and are now sleeping in fuel stations,facing the risk of robbery attacks and other attendant risk.

In a few days’ time, a new government headed by General Muhamadu Buhari will be sworn in. Apart from our
citizens being unable to watch the handover on television and unavailability of transportation for attendees of
this historic handover, the resulting chaos from this scarcity may shutdown the Nation and sabotage the efforts
Nigeria has made to attain greater heights.

We are constrained at this point and have decided that two wrongs cannot make a right. We will not be part of
this sabotage against our fatherland. Therefore from this minute, we shall take the risk of opening our facilities
and commence swift loading and distribution of products Nationwide.

Our facility has the capacity to load over 13 million litres of product before dawn. This comes to approximately
400 trucks of petroleum products. With this act, it is our belief that once again our citizens will begin to smile,
return to normal family and work life. We call on other petroleum marketers to follow suit and save our Nation
from this impending economic and social crisis. This is a period that requires patriotism and service to
fatherland.

Let’s join hands to help our fellow citizens and save Nigeria. We also call on striking bodies to call
off the strike action. Let us work together for the betterment of our people.
As we brief you this moment, our truck park, port reception facilities and our depot complex have been
ordered opened. We are ordering and resuming discharge of products from vessels at our berths. We have
ordered our trucks to commence loading of products and move overnight to every state of the Federation.

Most importantly, we wish to use this medium to thank NNPC and PPMC for their steadfastness in ensuring
the availability of petroleum products. Current PPMC stock level in our storage tanks and buffer stock on
vessels awaiting discharge at our jetty is capable of meeting the Nation’s need for 15 days.

Furthermore, we wish to emphasis that we have a total solution to the traffic menace on the oshodi
apapaexpressway. In the coming weeks, we hope to engage the Federal Government (Federal Ministry of
Transport), Lagos State Government and other stakeholders in the affected area, to optimally utilize our truck
park facilities which has the capacity to accommodate over 1,100 trucks per time and 5,000 on a shift basis.

Capital Oil and Gas continues to appeal to Nigerians to accept and support deregulation as this will curb
corruption, enhance competition, lead to reduction of pump price for petroleum products and ensure constant
supply to meet Nigeria’s demand.

Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah
Managing Director/CEO
Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited
Lagos, Sunday 24th May 2015.
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