Queues resurface in Lagos as fuel scarcity looms

There are indications that there might be a scarcity of petrol in the days as long queues are beginning to resurface at filling stations across Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states.

PulseNets gathered that while long queues were sighted at many stations on the Oshodi-Ojodu Berger Expressway and some sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, no lines were sighted in Abuja and other states in the north yet.

Experts say the looming fuel scarcity might be due to the vandalisation of pipelines as depots in Lagos are gradually running dry of petrol.

While the North-West filling station had the longest queue, as it dispensed petrol at N568/litre, others such as Eterna – N568/litre; NNPCL – N568/litre; TotalEnergies – N570/litre; and Mobil – N570/litre had shorter queues, but Conoil, Enyo and Oando at Berger in Lagos, had no product to dispense.

Also, a few other filling stations, such as Worldoil, Fatgbems, and Quest in Ogun State, were under lock for lack of products.

Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Satellite Depot, Akin Akinrinade, disclosed that it’s been three weeks since fuel was last loaded at the depot.

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Akinrinade explained that even the NNPCL retail depot is currently operating skeletal dispatching of products.

Another source, a top member of the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria ( MOMAN), confirmed that demand now outweighs supply.