Fuel queues have surfaced in parts of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, leaving passengers stranded across the state.
Checks by Daily Trust on Monday indicated that many filling stations have run out of stock while the few selling have long queues.
Our correspondent observed that many filling stations along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway Otedola Bridge are not dispensing.
Some motorists, who spoke to Daily Trust, decried the resurgence in fuel scarcity, saying it has disrupted their daily schedules.
“I left home around 6am with the hope that I would be able to get fuel at any of the filling stations along Ogunnusi Road, Ojodu. To my disappointment, none of the filling stations along the axis was selling fuel.
“I and many others queued up at the filling station around FRSC office in Ojodu because the attendants told us they were expecting stock. I left after waiting for about two hours without any sign that they would soon get fuel,” one of the motorists, a civil servant, lamented.
A resident who spoke with our correspondent said the fuel scarcity has further worsened the traffic gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway following long queues at filling stations near Lagos.
“In the whole of my area around Berger, Arepo, Ibafo, there is no fuel. This is beside the fact that we have not had light for the past three days,” the resident said.
Daily Trust reports that the scarcity started a few days ago but it got worse between Sunday and Monday morning, forcing motorists to spend long hours at filling stations.
The cause of the fuel shortage as of press time but it was learnt that this was due to supply disruption to Independent marketers in the state.
