Dangote Petroleum Refinery, owned by Africas richest man Aliko Dangote, said it supplied 43.3 million liters of petrol to the Nigerian market on Saturday, rejecting reports that its petrol unit had been shut for maintenance.
Officials at the facility, who asked not to be identified because they are not authorized to speak publicly, said operations have continued normally and no trucks have been turned back. They described reports of a shutdown as inaccurate and misleading.
Have we stopped loading or turned back a single truck? one official said. On Saturday alone, we loaded 43.30 million liters of PMS. The volume, the official added, is about half more than Nigerias estimated daily petrol consumption.
