Motorists have complained about the latest round of fuel scarcity, alleging it might be a ploy to increase the product’s pump price.

Fuel queues, which started emerging in some parts of the country on Monday, were seen spilling onto some roads in Lagos and Ogun states on Tuesday, causing gridlock.

Many of the private depots in Apapa, Lagos, where many marketers get petroleum products for distribution to other states, did not have petrol while those who had were loading skeletally.

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It was gathered that many depots in Apapa did not have petroleum products on Tuesday, while the few with products recorded low activities.

The ex-depot prices charged by the depots for PMS ranged from N139 to N143 per litre, compared to the official ex-depot price of N133.28.

In some states, the fuel scarcity has yet to be felt in the metropolis as all the filling stations are still selling at old petroleum products to buyers at the government regulated prices.

Motorists also wondered why the latest crisis was happening at a time Nigerians were preparing for the Christmas and New Year festivities.

According to reports, consumers were seen fighting to get to the pumps, while fuel attendants and ‘area boys’ made brisk business from desperate motorists who wanted to jump the queues so as to be serve quickly.

Despite the development, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) described the situation as panic buying, insisting that it had sufficient products to cater to the needs of all consumers.

The Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who returned to the country after queues surfaced at filling stations, said the corporation was doing everything within its reach to address the matter.

Baru was quoted in a statement issued on Tuesday by the corporation’s spokesperson, Ndu Ughamadu.

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