Nigeria, Aug. 15 -- The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Akwa Ibom State has suspended its strike in the state.

The association had embarked on the strike because of the dispute with the Joint Task Force in the state.

In a statement dated 8 August, and signed by its chairperson, Francis Udoyen, and secretary, Ekom Idemudo, IPMAN said it called off the strike because of the intervention of the Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno.

"Following the intervention of Mr Eno through the chairperson of the Akwa Ibom Petroleum Products Monitoring Committee (PPMC) over the recent withdrawal from service by IPMAN in Akwa Ibom State on the pending issue surrounding the confiscation of trucks load with petrol at Ibaka, ...