KANO — The Chairman, Kano State Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Gen. Idris Dambazau (rtd) has been detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) over alleged economic sabotage.
Dambazau was picked up by the agency on Sunday and has since remained in custody, undergoing interrogation.
He was held over the recent closure of seven fuel stations in Kano, an action was allegedly taken without recourse to due process.
According to the source, “His actions were nothing but economic sabotage and attempt to create fuel scarcity in Kano where there was none. Section 48 of the Nigerian Constitution clearly states any ministry, department or agency exercising any power or function or taking any action, which may have a direct impact on midstream or downstream petroleum operations shall consult with authority.”
Reacting, CPC spokesperson, Musbauden Aminu, said he was not competent to speak on the development. He, however, disclosed that the whereabouts of the chairman were unknown.
He said efforts to reach Dambazau, since the news broke, were unsuccessful, even though his telephone line was not switched off.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Kano State chapter, Bashir Danmallam, did not deny knowledge of the closure of members’ fuel stations.
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