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Hundreds of commuters were on Monday stranded as a result of a shortage of cab, taxi and commercial motorcyclists plying major roads in the ancient city of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
DAILY POST correspondent, who went round some major areas in Ibadan, gathered that long ques have returned to petrol stations in Ibadan.
This has caused scarcity of commercial motorcyclists, commercial cabs and taxis in major areas.
Some of the areas visited by our correspondent included Ijokodo, Sango, Bodija, Agodi Gate, Iwo Road, Monatan, Eleyele and Ologuneru.
It was gathered that petroleum stations belonging to major marketers along the Ijokodo, Eleyele-Sango Road such as Total, Conoil and Oando are not dispensing petrol, while only Mobil located at Awolowo Road in Bodija which opened for business, is experiencing a long que.
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Following long fuel queues that have resurfaced in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and other states across the country, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) on Sunday, said Nigerians were being apprehensive over a likely increase in pump price.
This is coming on the heels of increasing queues in filling stations within Abuja, where getting the commodity seems to have become a Herculean task.
While some filling stations are dispensing the commodity at N170 per litre, some were under lock and keys.
Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune on phone in Abuja, the National President IPMAN, Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, said there is no fuel scarcity as speculated, but consumers are merely panicky.
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