The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has denied reports claiming it recently imported 200 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit, commonly known as petrol.
The company also clarified that it had not imported any volume of the product in 2025. This was stated in a rejoinder issued by NNPCL’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye, on Tuesday in Abuja.
The statement was a response to a report—not published by The PUNCH—which alleged that the national oil firm had recently imported 200 million litres of petrol.
Soneye dismissed the claim as either “lazy and unprofessional journalism” or a “deliberate, sponsored attempt by economic saboteurs to mislead the public.”
He said, “The report alleging that NNPC Limited imported over 200 million litres of PMS in February 2025 is a completely false, baseless, and reckless misrepresentation of facts.
It is either the result of lazy and unprofessional journalism or a deliberate, sponsored attempt by economic saboteurs to mislead the public. “Setting the record straight: NNPC Limited has not imported a single litre of PMS in 2025.”
