Many roads in Lagos are currently facing gridlocks affecting movement in the state following long queues in fuel stations by motorists who want to buy Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as fuel.
There is also a similar story in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, where many filling stations were said to have been shut and motorists spending hours in the sun as they struggle to buy from the few opened ones.
In Lagos where the queues started Monday night but increased Tuesday morning, many fuel stations are shut while a few which are open have long queues of motorists waiting for hours to buy fuel.
This development is coming amid the recent assurance by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it had sufficient stock of fuel that would meet the needs of Nigerians.
The company’s Group Managing Director had on January 26, in a statement by its Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad, cautioned Nigerians against panic-buying, promising that it was committed to ensuring energy security for the country.
Meanwhile, when this report was filed, it was not clear what prompted the queues at the filling stations.