Residents of the oil rich town of Port Harcourt saw red as massive queues resurfaced in filling stations in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
The scarcity which has appeared to be an artificial one had begun on Monday following the leadership tussle which had also occurred between two factions of the Port Harcourt unit of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, IPMAN.
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One of the factions had also noted that the loading of products has also been completely halted in private depots in the state while accusing the opposing faction of making use of security agents to disrupt the process.
However, the faction of IPMAN led by Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo said the security operatives are only at the depot to maintain law and order and it has also been gathered that the crux of the matter is about the rightful group to collect the levies expected to be paid by petroleum marketers.
The meeting which had also occurred between the marketers and the Permanent Secretary of the Rivers State Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources on Monday appeared not to have helped the situation.
In meantime, residents of the state have expressed displeasure over the recent fuel scarcity.
A resident said he paid ₦350 for a litre of petrol.
In another report, a fresh round of fuel scarcity is looming in Nigeria as members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) yesterday threatened to pull out its entire workforce from oil and gas installations nationwide if the increasing oil theft and vandalism are not holistically.
The President of PENGASSAN, Festus Osifo made disclosed the intentions of the association at a press conference held in Abuja on Wednesday. He lamented that crude oil theft had crumbled the nation’s economy.
He, however, pointed out that oil workers are ready to down tools if the government pays lip service to their demands of fighting the menace with sincerity and sense of purpose.