The recent increase followed the shutting down of all the fuel stations in Anambra State on Wednesday, following fuel dealers alleged meeting in Awka the Anambra State capital, which lasted for about five hours, before they opened their station to attend to the public at about 3:30 to 4:00 pm.
Prior to the Wednesday meeting that saw the prize of PMS rising to between N7:30 to N7:50 per liters on Thursday, the product was selling for N700 per liter, but after their meeting barely two months ago when the product rose from N660 to N700, people have been managing with the N700 pump prize, but as if that did not satisfy their greed, they held their last meeting yesterday and jacked up the prize to N730 to N740 per liter.
A motorist, Mr Eze Okwudili and some traders in the Onitsha Main Market, Ochanja Central Market and Ose Okwudili Market, who spoke with Vanguard, namely, Stella Ebo, Duru Emmanuel and Okachukwu Okpara, respectively, accused Anambra State Government of encouraging the excesses of the PMS dealers. Unfortunately, some of them cannot withstand shutting down of their iel station for two days, they are hungry greedy dealers, once government pounce on them and maintains it’s stand, they must comply, they are hungry and greedy, they can’t withstand ban for one week, government is not just serious in taming the twist in them.