This came as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd, and oil marketers said they were intensifying efforts to tackle the scarcity.
Consequently, commuters were stranded at bus stops, while travellers were also stranded in motor parks due to high fares charged by transporters. “Sadly, this scarcity is happening at the time Nigerians are dying because they are finding it difficult to feed and take care of their health needs since the removal of subsidy,’’ he said.
‘’We have to see that the majority of our people enjoy the dividends of democracy,” the leader of the task force and Chief of Staff, Government House, Prince Mahe Abdulkadir, told reporters during the exercise.Prince Abdulkadir, who called on the people of the state to be patient and avoid panic-buying, said further: “We want to call on the people of the state to be patient and avoid panic buying, saying the federal government is not trying to increase the prices of fuel.
It was gathered that the few filling stations dispensed the product sold for between N700 and N750 per litre.