Fuel scarcity hits Port Harcourt
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By
Timi Oni
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Residents of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State
capital, and its environs are currently experiencing fuel scarcity as long
queues have returned to filling stations.
Punch correspondent observed that the scarcity
started around 3pm on Monday when fuel dealers decided to close majority of the
filling stations in the state capital.
It was gathered that the fuel dealers closed shop
due to speculations that the main depot in Port Harcourt was no longer distributing
fuel.
The sudden closure of the filling stations caused
a long queue at the popular Mobil filling station at Waterlines, along the Port
Harcourt-Aba Expressway as motorists had a tough time before they could
purchase Premium Motor Spirit.
Though the filling station was selling at the
normal price of N145 per litre, some motorists had to wait for over an hour
before they could purchase fuel.
One of them, who identified himself simply as
Chinonyerem, said he could not find fuel at other filling stations inside town,
adding that he had to join the queue when he noticed that the Mobil filling
station was selling the commodity.
“I don’t know what the cause of the scarcity is,
but it is good to notice that they did not increase the fuel price here (Mobil
filling station). I have been here for over one hour. I know I will get fuel
before I leave here,” Chinonyerem said.
As of 10am on Tuesday morning, most of the
filling stations were still locked up as the owners refused to sell, hoping
that the scarcity would force an increase in the pump price of petrol.
At the Karibi filling station on Iwofe Road in
the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, fuel was sold at the normal price as the
queue continued to build up.
A commercial tricycle rider, who identified
himself simply as James, told our correspondent that the scarcity was as a
result of the rumour that the depot in Port Harcourt was no longer distributing
fuel.
“Immediately the rumour got to these fuel
dealers, they began to close their filling stations. The few ones that opened
did not believe the rumour. That is what is causing this scarcity,” James
stated.
When contacted, the Media Officer, Port Harcourt
Refining and Petrochemical Company, Ikenna Okpani, said he was not aware of any
fuel scarcity, adding that there was no reason for dealers to close their fuel
stations.
“I am not aware that there is any fuel scarcity.
There is no reason for such because from our end here, we are producing,”
Okpani said.
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