The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has shut down the operations of the Shell fuel filling station at Adomi Bridge, Atimpoku, in the Eastern Region for allegedly selling water–laced petroleum products to unsuspecting customers.
This follows a widely
circulated video on social media and a subsequent complaint made to the
Authority on August 29 about a suspected contaminated fuel purchase from the
station.
The NPA said its team undertook a
water content presence test, and a dip into the well of the outlet indicated
the presence of water.
The NPA in a statement said the
management of Vivo Energy in a letter addressed to the Authority suggested that
water entered the underground Super tank after heavy rain in the area.
The NPA said its investigative team
corroborated this suggestion.
The authority is, however, conducting
a forensic audit into the fuel at the Ghana Standards Authority.
“The station will only be allowed to
resume operations after all remedial actions have been taken and confirmed by
the NPA,” the statement added.
“We wish to assure all impacted
customers whilst investigations are still ongoing that, the NPA’s remedial
action would be for the station to fix the affected vehicles and compensate the
customers,” NPA added in the statement.
Shell Ghana in a statement also said
internal investigations were ongoing into the incident.
The customers whose cars were affected
by the contaminated fuel are also being provided assistance, Shell added in the
statement.
Source: CNR Citi Newsroom