Nigerians now buy fuel at N200 per litre in some filling stations,while some 150 per liter

Routine check by firstclass newsline crew showed that long queues of
vehicles still swarmed the few fuel stations which had the product all
over the country while outlets which did not have remained under lock
and key.
Some residents of Jos, the Plateau State capital and its environs are
still witnessing long queues of vehicles as fuel scarcity enters its
second week.
Most of the filling stations, in Jos, the Plateau State capital and
environs, especially major markers remained without supplies
throughout the week, as their independent counterparts made brisk
business by selling fuel well above N200 per litre.
In Osun State on Saturday, motorists queued for hours at some of the
very few fuel stations selling petrol at N87 per litre.
Firstclass newsline crew observed that in Osogbo, the state capital,
filling stations sold a litre of petrol between N120 to N150 while
many stations did not open to customers.
In Imo, the devastating effect of scarcity of fuel in the country has
given opportunity to petroleum marketers in Imo state to hike their
pump prices between N105 to N150 per litre.
The scarcity of fuel in Oyo State reached a new level on Saturday in
Ibadan and other towns in the state as pump price of petrol hit N160
per litre in a few fuel stations that had the product.
In Rivers State, though petroleum products were not scarce, the price
had gone beyond the N87 per litre official price.
While some filling stations sold petrol at N120 per litre, others sold
between N110 and N115 a litre.
Independent petrol stations in satellite towns in Abuja sold fuel
between N120 and N140 per litre on Saturday.
Only the major petrol stations like Conoil, Total, the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation, and a few others, dispensed fuel at
the N87 per litre regulated price on Saturday.
In Enugu, though there was no scarcity, petrol sold on Saturday far above N87.
The fuel scarcity in Kwara State especially in Ilorin metropolis has
started to abate. Long queues of vehicles have started disappearing in
the capital city as many of the petrol stations that lacked the
product few days had resumed sales of petrol to buyers.
Also in satellite town,lagos,the product was very scarce making the
opened stations to sell fuel at the rate of 150 per liter,only few
sold for 100 per liter in festac town.
Firstclassnewsline.net