IPMAN directs members to boycott Lekki-Epe corridor from Monday

By Adejayan Gbenga

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), South-West Zone, has directed its members to boycott the Lekki-Epe corridor from Monday to avoid embarrassment.

The chairman of the zone, Chief Oyewole Akanni, issued the directive in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Sunday.

According to him, the national office had earlier instructed members not to send trucks to load petroleum products along the Lekki-Epe corridor from Monday.

Akanni stated that this was due to anticipated intimidation and harassment likely to follow the implementation of the E-Call-up policy by the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation.

He noted that stakeholder engagements aimed at resolving the issue in the best interests of members had yet to yield any results.

Akanni further said the state actors were bent on proceeding with the N12,500 E-Call-up system on their own terms, without accommodating the suggestions of IPMAN, NARTO, and other stakeholders.

“In view of the aforementioned and other germane concerns, the association advises all independent marketers to withdraw their depot representatives and truck drivers from the Lekki-Epe corridor from Monday, June 16, 2025, until otherwise advised.

“Please be assured and guided that this and other actions that might follow are in the interest of our members and their businesses,” the statement added.