The queues for petrol continued to exacerbate in Abuja and neighbouring Nasarawa and Niger states on Thursday, 25 April as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPLC) blamed the development on logistics, but was quick to state that it had been resolved. Petrol remained scarce on Thursday in the Federal Capital Territory and some other states in the North, forcing many filling stations to close shops, while the few ones that dispensed the commodity were greeted with heavy queues.
The cost of the product was increased to an average of N700/litre at stations run by independent marketers, though the very limited number of NNPC retail outlets that dispensed the commodity maintained the N617/litre price approved by the oil firm. Oil marketers said that the supply of PMS to Abuja through the Suleja Depot in Niger State had remained poor, stressing that fuel trucks were no more coming to Suleja Depot and other depots in the North as before.
