Following
the refusal by oil marketers to import fuel into Nigeria, petrol
station owners seems to be cashing in on the situation on ground with
petrol selling for as high as N300 per litre in Ejigbo area of Lagos
state.
At other filling stations petrol sold for N200 and N15o
respectively. With long queues at the few petrol stations opened
consumers were ready to buy fuel at any amount available to them.
“This
is really ridiculous. How can we celebrate May Day without electricity
and petrol. I cannot enjoy the day with my family because there is no
power. The federal government should settle with the oil marketers
before things go out of hand,” a consumer, Adekunle Adewale told PM
News.
Another aggrieved buyer blamed the scarcity on the federal
government, stating that, it was a calculated attempt to frustrate the
incoming government. “The federal government is doing this on purpose.
They should have paid the oil marketers before now. They left our
refineries in tatters and we are left at the mercy of this so-called
marketers.”
On LASU-Isheri expressway most of the filling stations
were shut. But those opened like Petrocam, Total and FAWA forced long
queues on motorists who could not get pass vehicles trying to get fuel.
In
Sango Ota, only NNPC opened on Thursday but fuel is been sold in the
black market with 5 litres costing between N2,000 and N2,500.
Tell us what the fuel situation is like in your area.