Fuel scarcity in Lagos. High pump price plus scarcity is hell. Which way Nigeria?.
The fuel queues on Wednesday left commuters stranded, forcing car owners to turn to the black market to purchase fuel at inflated prices.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Nigerians stormed filling stations to engage in panic buying.
It was learned that the refusal of the tanker drivers to lift fuel on Monday and Tuesday also had affected filling stations owned by independent marketers, many of whom had run out of supply.
In major areas in Lagos, the queues continued to build up, causing traffic gridlock on major roads.
Our correspondents observed that the filling stations along the Alausa axis of Lagos, including, Mobil, Total, Conoil, and others had long queues.
Also, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited stations in Ogunnusi, Ojodu-Berger, and Ikorodu Road had long queues, including Bovas.
Around the Isolo axis, the filling station at Apata Round-about was not selling fuel; it was the same scenario at the Total Filling station located close to Isolo General Hospital.
At Ishaga, an attendant at NPOG filling station told our correspondent that they had run out of fuel in the past three days.
The PUNCH also observed that the NNPC and Mobil filling stations at the College Bus stop were also out of fuel.
The Quest fuel station along Asuani Road was the only filling station that dispensed fuel on Wednesday, with a long queue of cars and customers struggling to buy at N640 per liter.
Along Gbagada Road, the NorthWest had a long queue of cars and was selling at N610 per liter, while Eternal at Gbagada Bustop was not selling at the time filing this report
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