The ongoing scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol is biting harder in the country as users are forced to pay far above the recommended price of N87 per litre in most of the filling stations that sell the product, SUNDAY PUNCH has found out.

Investigations by our correspondents also revealed that petrol now sells in some states as high as N400 per litre while in others it goes between N110 and N200.

However, some filling stations as at press time on Saturday, according to our correspondents, still sold the product at the official price of N87 per litre. These filling stations, findings showed, were however few and inundated with long queues of motorists, motorcyclists and other users.

In Cross River State, a litre of petrol was sold for as high as N400 in Calabar and environs on Saturday morning.

Tanker drivers across the state and beyond had on Monday refused to load the product from the Calabar Depot in protest of the deplorable situation of federal roads in the state.

As at the time of filing this report, most service stations had yet to commence the sale of the product to the public. Black marketeers had continued to have a field day.

Many petrol stations in Akwa Ibom State, particularly those in Ibesikpo/Asutan, Eket, and Itu Local Government Areas on Saturday sold petrol at N200 per litre.

In Uyo, the State capital, while the price fluctuated between N170 and N180 per litre, motorists said many of the filling stations had adjusted their metres regardless of the amount they pay for buying fuel.

In Ondo State, long queues of vehicles persisted in many filling stations in many towns on Saturday even as many of them sold petrol at N120 per litre.

In Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, there long queues at filling stations on Saturday especially those owned by major marketeers.

A litre of petrol was being sold between N100 and N110 depending on the distance of the area to the state capital.

In Enugu State, petrol was sold between N130 and N150 per litre.

Our correspondent, who bought the commodity at the cost of N140 per litre in the state capital on Saturday, learnt that the product was being offered to motorists for N150 in other filling stations.

In Oyo State, fuel scarcity reached a height as few vehicles plied the roads.

More than 85 per cent of major oil marketeers were not selling the product while a few independent oil marketers sold between N110 and N120 per litre.

The queues by motorists for petrol continued on Saturday in some filling stations in Abuja and Nasarawa State.

All petrol stations visited in Abuja on Saturday sold at the regulated price, but many were not open for business as they claimed not to have products.

In Benue State, Sunday PUNCH visited the NNPC Mega filling station along Oturkpo road where the queue for the product was over four kilometres long. It was the only fuel station selling at the official pump price of N87 per litre.

Meanwhile, black marketeers have taken over the town as they sold at N200 and N250 per litre.

In Gboko and the other local government areas it was sold at N170 per litre.

Investigations by SUNDAY PUNCH correspondent, who went round some parts of Nassarawa State, observed that it was only the NNPC mega station that sold at N87 per litre while others sold at N160 per.

In Bayelsa State, particularly Yenagoa, the state capital, a few filling stations that were selling the product on Saturday sold a litre of petrol between N130 and N150.

The NNPC mega filling stations in the Yenagoa metropolis were the only ones selling at the government regulated price of N87 but the queues were very long.

A litre of PMS was sold for N100 in many filling stations in Ogun State except NNPC stations and those of major marketeers on Saturday.

In Osogbo, the Osun State capital and other parts of the state, petrol was sold at N110 per litre.

In Lagos, our correspondent learnt on Saturday that while the NNPC and major marketers sold at N87, black marketers sold five litres of petrol at N600.

Cc: Lalasticlala

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Buhary why

APC why

U guys promised Nigerians CHANGE, is this the Change ?

Cc: Lalasticlala, happy Sunday, Nigerians are suffering.

400 Ko 800 ni.

Please the suffering is getting too much o. If these tanker drivers are protesting coz of bad roads, I support them sha coz them dey suffer well well but.... Anyway, Please Baba Minister of Petroleum and Uncle Minister of Transportation, make una do something before something do us ooo!

Thanks to 'change'...

Sunglass20:
Please the suffering is getting too much o. If these tanker drivers are protesting coz of bad roads, I support them sha coz them dey suffer well well but.... Anyway, Please Baba Minister of Petroleum and Uncle Minister of Transportation, make una do something before something do us ooo!

We expected a proactive response from the government who promised too much change?

What is this country turning into?

Buhari, where is your odour?!

Sai Barbra!

temitemi1:
Thanks to 'change'...

Which Change ?

I presume this government is confused.

francizy:
What is this country turning into?

Buhari, where is your odour?!

The CHANGE is a complete SCAM and the body odour is now completely useless.

Nigerians fear not PMB's body odour language to the rescue...SMH

Next we hear

'Buhari ordered Nigeria to stop using Fuel (pms)'

And the gullible will shout ' Ssaaii Bbaabbaa'

No wonder some set referred or mentioned as ZzOoOo

All those shouting change and APC should realise these roads were supposed to have been taken care of by the last administration, it will be done you guys are too quick to condemn. I also believe the tanker drivers can adopt a better way to press home their point than with this unnecessary strike just to thwart PMB's efforts.

Dis news has pdp written all ova it
It reminded me o the er of gej and alison

This one na lie ooooo, Fuel wey I still buy for #87 ysterday... PDP at work

Buhari is fast losing goodwill here in the North

Lies! Where did you buy fuel #400 in Lagos?

Lie of the century!

Is a llie
infact na mr jonathan cause it
APC bunch of confuse ple
plz wia r those transgend:er dat do support them

The raining season this year dealt with many Nigerian roads and Buhari didn't even bother to repair them, that's why. Even when they happened during his administration.

St. Goodluck

Its just a matter of time. Nigeria will be great again

porshuch:
Lies! Where did you buy fuel #400 in Lagos?

Lie of the century!

Considering I bought it for 87 yesterday but that's the media and they have to sell.

The main issue is that there is a form of scarcity(artificial or real) of petrol and this administration have got to deal with it. The fact that it has gone on for a long time and nothing has been done is disappointing and frustrating.

It is not a time to blame anyone but to find a lasting solution to this madness. The government has spoken about cutting the middlemen and unfortunately, we have not felt that impact. This present stress on Nigerians is on the president and we can only put the blame at his feet.

As we go into a new week, we can only hope someone will wake up and find a solution to it

Suffering and smiling

What can I say? Wailers will always wail..... Under GEj, tho d official price was 87, the least u'll see a fuel station sell a litre of PMS was 97. Una kill una sef then? All u now shouting, where were u when fuel got so scarce that banks had to close 2 hours early, many telecoms operators had to shut down service, the power plants had to shut down and fuel sold for 1000(yea, I didn't make a mistake in figures. I actually mean ONE THOUSAND NAIRA) per Liter? Did u kill yourselves then? Did u even wail half as much as u are doing now? This story has sensationalism written all over it. If I can buy a litre of petrol for 105 in Kogi state(Okene) Total even sold for 87 and 110 in Akoko Edo, I'll need a lotta convincing to believe that fuel actually sold for 400 Naira in Calabar. Mr. OP, how much is petrol in ur area?

flyingsnail:
Next we hear

'Buhari ordered Nigeria to stop using Fuel (pms)'

And the gullible will shout ' Ssaaii Bbaabbaa'

No wonder some set referred or mentioned as ZzOoOo

This is a Nigerian issue. As a Biafran, u need not comment. What I expect from u is u going for ur morning jogging exercise(which u call protests)

Firefire:


Buhary why

APC why

U guys promised Nigerians CHANGE, is this the Change ?

You may toe other lines in your argument, not change. You never believed in it. You can't speak on it. You have no understanding of the concept.

OrlandoOwoh:
You may toe other lines in your argument, not change. You never believed in it. You can't speak on it. You have no understanding of the concept.

Abeg you wey

- understand the concept
- believe am

can you speak on how fuel at N400 is change chanji.
Thanks.

Non lifting due to bad roads was only mentioned in calabar axis but how about the other parts of the the country? With what is going on and the inability of the APC government to manage our refineries, just expect this to continue for a long time to come. Thought this issue of fuel scarcity especially around December time has been laid to rest by the Gej but with Bubu, it is back. Sorry Nigerians, there's no Jonathan to blame again

anonimi:

Abeg you wey
- understand the concept - believe am
can you speak on how fuel at N400 is change chanji. Thanks.

Oga, be honest. How much is fuel in ur area?

please if anyone bought fuel or knows anyone that bought fuel for 400 please tell us where. Punch has always been a political newspaper. Have learnt never to trust most Nigerian newspapers and TVs stations.

And as for all the wailers above me, UNA NO DEY TIRE

Pls what happened to buhari's body language?



Fuel is 150 as for yesterday in enugu

To cap everything off, no light since 2 weeks now in my area.

Food prices have skyrocketed. A bag of crayfish now 50k

Happy holidays, I pray God saves us

warrior01:
Non lifting due to bad roads was only mentioned in calabar axis but how about the other parts of the the country? With what is going on and the inability of the APC government to manage our refineries, just expect this to continue for a long time to come. Thought this issue of fuel scarcity especially around December time has been laid to rest by the Gej but with Bubu, it is back. Sorry Nigerians, there's no Jonathan to blame again

People can lie sha! Even when it wasn't festive periods, there were fuel scarcity in Nigeria. Abeg stop deceiving yourself