Three days after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced a suspension of the fuel subsidy regime, long queues have resurfaced in most fuel stations in
Vehicle owners could be observed frantically scrambling for available spaces at some fuel stations as they engaged in panic buying.
It also maintained that the Special Monitoring Team on fuel scarcity was still effective and would not hesitate to use its powers. DAILY POST gathered that operatives of the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, on Tuesday temporarily sealed up Oduoye fuel station Fakunle Area for attempting to sell fuel above N250.Long queues were also observed at fuel stations like Adolak and Matrix along the Gbongan-Ibadan road, Osogbo.
“Customers were just going from one fuel station to the other looking for the product and this is what led to panic buying among the buyers,” he said.
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