Fresh petrol queues have emerged at the various stations in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, nation’s capital. Long queues of anxious motorists were observed at the various fuel stations on the International Airport Road, on Tuesday. Some of the motorists said they have been making attempts to buy the product since the weekend, claiming there was scarcity of petrol.
However, dozens of petrol hawkers at the black market were observed on the highway with the yellow jerrycans selling the product.
A motorist said that he bought fuel at the black market rate of N1400/litre. An attempt to find why the petrol stations were not selling, the motorist said it was not unconnected to the planned hunger protest.
Meanwhile, the NNPCL filling stations are experiencing long queues of vehcles and also causing traffic in some parts of the city. A motorist who spoke to Africa Health Report claimed he had been on the queue for over four hours. He said that he arrived the filling station at about 5 am. But was not sure he will get fuel as at afternoon.
There is no official statement yet, as to why there is scarcity of fuel in Abuja.
The fuel crisis being experienced by motorists in other parts of the country is yet to abate.
The long queues are replicated in Lagos as the crisis persisted on Tuesday. Our Correspondent observed that the some filling stations in the metropolis have ran dry.
Also in Lagos, it was gathered that black marketers have since taken advantage of the situation, selling as high as N1,300 per litre and N1,500 per litre, and in parts of Ogun states.
Long queues started building up at fuel stations since on Friday and have persisted.
