Queues have resurfaced in filling stations across Lagos mainland and hinterland of Lagos State.
Our correspondent who was on a fact findings around some filling stations along Agege, Abule-Egba, Ijaiye, Meiran, Kola, Fagba, Iyana-Ipaja and Ikeja area of the state, discovered that most of the filling stations who had sold fuel the previous day were under locks and keys.
Although, further checks revealed that there were few ones selling fuels but not without queues of cars, motorcycles, tricycles and people with jerrycans to fuel their generators, struggling to get fuel.
In view of this development, filling stations, therefore, jacked up the fuel pump price to N200 per litre, while there are indications the situation may escalate today has most vehicle owners and transporters could not envisage the current scarcity.
Efforts to find out the reason for the current scarcity as at the time of writing this report failed, however, our investigation shows that most filling stations under lock and key were hoarding fuel.
On Ajah axis however, black market hawkers remained the order of the day. People are seen with jaricsns every nook and corner hawking fuel. Five litres of fuel are sold ranging from three thousand five to four thousand naira .
The National Operations Controller, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN, Mr. Mike Osatuyi said.
“The current queue situation in some parts of Abuja and its environs is as a result of delays in arrival of fuel trucks. This is happening as a result of heavy flooding that has submerged parts of the highway passing through Lokoja, Kogi State and also an incidence of a failed road section around Badegi-Agaie highway in Niger State.
“Consequently, vehicles, especially fuel tankers, are finding alternative roads to get to their intended destinations”.
