Following a 24 hour ultimatum given to the State Chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association, IPMA, to re-open their filling stations by Coalition of Youth Organisations, CYO, the Imo State Chapter of the association, on Friday called off its four days strike.
The Spokesperson of the Association, Chimodo Martin, disclosed this to newsmen in the state capital, Owerri.
According to the body, they alleged the State government had promised to resolve their grievances in the next two weeks, however, insisting to continue the strike after two weeks if their demands were not properly attended to.
The Petroleum Marketers had embarked on strike last Wednesday after they had obtained a court judgement against the state government to pay compensation to one of their members whose filling station was demolished by Former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha in the State.
The strike had subsequently let to the 24 hour ultimatum given by the Coalition of Youth Organisations in Imo State to the association , noting that the State of Socio-economic impasse in Imo State has caused heavy pandemonium in different sectors in the State.
