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Importers of bad fuel will be punished –Yar’Adua

The Punch: "President Umaru Yar’Adua has directed that all companies found guilty of importing adulterated fuel should be punished."
The President’s Special Adviser on Communications, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, told newsmen in Abuja on Friday that Yar’Adua, having vowed that his administration would not tolerate “a situation where Nigerians are cheated and exposed to the hazards of adulterated fuel, directed that companies found culpable must be severely punished.”

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