Dangote Refinery has debunked reports stating that the company is reselling crude oil and its crude distillation unit (CDU) is not working.
Gatekeepers News reports that spokesman of Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina made the clarification through a statement released on Saturday.
The spokesman urged the public to ignore such reports.
Chiejina said, “Our attention has been drawn to a misleading report suggesting that our refinery’s crude distillation unit (CDU) is experiencing issues and that we are reselling crude oil.”
“We categorically deny these claims. The Dangote Refinery is not authorised to sell crude oil purchased from Nigeria and our CDU is fully operational and functioning optimally.”
“We advise the public to disregard these false narratives, which are likely driven by interests opposed to the local refining of fuels.”
He added that the false reports are part of the agenda of those forces that are against local refining of petroleum products in Nigeria.
Recall that Dangote Group has been under pressure for the last few weeks since Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Agency said it wasn’t licensed yet to refine petrol adding that the products being churned by the company are substandard.
