Residents of Abuja and neighbouring states of Niger and Nasarawa are still facing tough times sourcing for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, with the commodity selling for as high as N400/litre by black marketers. The development came almost one week after the import of millions of dirty PMS from Europe into Nigeria disrupted the fuel supply system of the country, leading to long queues nationwide. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has ordered the recall of the contaminated fuel but oil marketers have been battling various challenges, ranging from PMS supply shortage to complaints by consumers who claimed the bad product has damaged their vehicles. However, finding show on Sunday that black marketers who sell petrol in jerry-cans are now the easily accessible suppliers of PMS in Abuja and neighbouring states. A significant percentage of filling stations in Nigeria’s capital city do not currently have petrol to dispense. Oil marketers told our correspondent that a few other outlets that had products were still trying to return the adulterated petrol supplied to them since last week. This, they said, had prevented the affected stations from taking in uncontaminated products.

were still trying to return the adulterated petrol supplied to them since last week. This, they said, had prevented the affected stations from taking in uncontaminated products, as they currently lacked space to store new consignments.

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