Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has placed a ban on activities of the state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN).
The Permanent Secretary, General Administration, Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Josephine Onyia, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Mrs Onyia said the ban was with immediate effect and would last until further notice.
She said that the decision followed the review of the protracted crisis that had engulfed the state chapter.
The crisis, according to her, had assumed frightening dimensions giving rise to cultism and banditry.
Onyia said the state government would not stand aloof in the circumstances considering its security implications in the state.
The Permanent Secretary said that a committee comprising the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps would be constituted to take charge of the association.
