The lingering fuel scarcity worsened in some parts of the country with motorists buying petrol between N300 and N350-litre in Abuja on Monday.

Some Abuja residents lamented the spike in the price of PMS as well as the difficulties experienced in accessing the product.

The queues for petrol in Abuja has never ceased since February this year, but it grew worse in neighboring states of Nasarawa and Niger on Sunday as motorists search for PMS to use to move around during the Sallah break.

Oil marketers denied claims of products’ hoarding or diversion, as they stressed that the insufficient supply of PMS by NNPC and the non-payment of bridging claims for the transportation of petrol were the key reasons for the scarcity.

The President, Petroleum Products Retail Outlets owners Association of Nigeria, BILLY GILLIS-HARRY, said that filling stations that had products were dispensing, while those that were shut had no petrol to sell.

However, further checks show that the queues for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, reduced in some parts of Abuja and neighboring Nasarawa and Niger states as more filling stations dispensed the product to motorists.