Black marketers take over as filling stations ‘run dry’ of fuel

A fuel crisis-free Christmas is now uncertain in Nigeria, New Telegraph can authoritatively report.

This is because more filling stations in Lagos and Ogun states yesterday ‘ran dry’ of the product, four days to the festive period.

The crisis, a survey by this newspaper showed, led to the return of black marketers, who have practically taken over sales of petrol from filling stations in major parts of the states.

The tanker drivers, who also were not certain of crisis-free Yuletide, also frowned at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC’s) monopoly on fuel importation, calling on government to encourage marketers to complement the corporation’s efforts.
New Telegraph, December 22, 2017

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