NAN reports that virtually all filling stations along Gbongan-Osogbo Road, including the NNPC Mega Station had stopped selling fuel since Oct. 6.
An acute fuel scarcity has hit
Osun, crippling business activities in the state in the past few days,
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Attendants
at some filling stations in Osogbo blamed the scarcity on what they
described as a subtle protest by petroleum marketers, who were
anticipating a downward review of the pump price of fuel.
A
source familiar with the development said that Independent Petroleum
Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Osun had since directed its
members to stop lifting fuel.
NAN reports that
virtually all filling stations along Gbongan-Osogbo Road, including the
NNPC Mega Station had stopped selling fuel since Oct. 6.
At
the ancient city of Ile-Ife, long queues could be seen at various
communities, while filling stations along Ede road were under lock and
key.
Only one filling station was selling fuel at Ikirun but the station closed shop early on Saturday.
Long queues were also seen at Ilesa, Oke-Ogbo and Ijebu-Ijesa Road.
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