N1,500 petrol: APM demands Okpebholo’s resignation over UK comparison

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA — The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, has demanded the resignation of Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, over his comparison of petrol prices in Nigeria and the United Kingdom, accusing him of ignoring the disparity in earnings and purchasing power between citizens of both countries.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Abubakar Yusuf, the party condemned the rise in petrol prices to more than N1,500 per litre and criticised Okpebholo for using the UK price to justify the cost of fuel in Nigeria.
“The APM strongly condemns the punishing increase in the pump price of fuel to over N1,500 per liter at a time Nigerians are eagerly ...