Petrol Queues And Black Marketers Surface In Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa

There are widespread petrol queues in Abuja and some parts of Niger and Nasarawa states at the moment.

Similarly, hundreds of black marketers who sell the commodity in jerrycans are selling in some of the affected locations.

Many fillings stations were shut to motorists on Monday morning, while the few ones dispensing the commodity were flooded with motorists and other petrol seekers.

The only retail outlet of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the Kubwa-Zuba Expressway that sold petrol on Monday morning was filled to the brim with motorists.

Some of the other filling stations on that road and in various locations in Abuja and neighbouring states were not selling petrol.

Attendants in some of the outlets revealed that the threat by Petrol Tanker Drivers to embark on strike triggered the scarcity in the affected areas.

The PTD has however suspended its proposed strike on Monday after the intervention of the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mele Kyari.

The corporation’s boss had also mentioned that there was enough petrol and encouraged motorists to refrain from panic buying.