Nigeria, Feb. 15 -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) on Saturday dismissed claims made in a viral video about the quality of its petrol.

Olufemi Soneye, the chief corporate communications officer of NNPC Ltd, in a statement on Saturday, made this known in reaction to a viral video claiming that NNPC's petrol is inferior to Dangote Refinery.

The video showed a man using two small tiger generators to compare the running time of MRS and NNPC petrol. The video claimed that Dangote-refined petrol sold by MRS Oil lasts longer than the petrol available at NNPC stations.

In its statement, NNPC Ltd described the claim as baseless and unfounded, stating that it originates from unverified and amateur research lacking cre...