Lawyer drags FG to court on ban of sales of petrol in jerry cans .

Today, Chief Malcom Omirhobo, a lawyer and human rights activist, filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Lagos, challenging the ban of the sales of petrol in jerry cans. He is is seeking a declaration that the directive to filling station owners not to sell petroleum products to Nigerians in jerry cans was discriminatory.

He averred that as long as power supply was yet to improve in the country, Nigerians would continue to rely on generators and purchase fuel in kegs to power them. He, therefore, sought a declaration that the directive was inhumane and unlawful. .

He also wanted an order directing the FG to order the sale of petrol to every Nigerian in jerry cans for personal consumption and to facilitate their source of livelihood.