One of the companies mentioned in the alleged importation of adulterated premium motor spirit (PMS), Brittania Nigeria Ltd, has denied any wrong doing.
The company, whose chairman and chief executive is Catherine Ifejika, made the announcement in Abuja on Friday.
It said: “The consortium product that arrived and discharged during January 4 to January 19, 2022 through five daughter vessels were duly certified as meeting NNPC product specifications.”
It further said that all PMS from its mother vessel named MT Torm Hilde were discharged with relevant certificates of quality after laboratory analysis.
The company’s management noted that the product it imported was adjudged lead-free, ethanol-free, water-free and suspended matter-free.
It stated further that the product also had sulphur content of 0.0174 as against 0.05, which is within the acceptable content allowable by Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
“Brittania-U is concerned that while its consortium products have been discharged and dispensed at retail outlets in January, it is unwittingly now being linked with an issue of off-spec fuel induced scarcity that began around Monday, February 7, 2022.
“In order to clear our company’s name, we have made all the documents available, which clearly exonerated our company from the negative publications making the rounds, all aimed at trying to tarnish our image.
“Brittania-U management is aware of the publication by Emadeb/Hyde/Aymaikifi Consortium partners and while we do not want to join issues with these companies, we want to affirm that what they stated does not relate to the issues at hand,” the company said.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari said that people found culpable in the importation of the bad fuel would be punished as motorists in the top oil-bearing West African nation lament damages to their vehicles.
