Fuel scarcity hit harder in Ekiti State yesterday as most filling stations in the state were on
lock down.
The few stations, mostly those of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and major marketers, which opened witnessed long queues with motorists and cyclists spending hours on queue.
In a statement on Saturday by the Chief Press to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode, Fayemi, who described hoarding of petroleum product as “an act of economic sabotage, which creates uncesessary hardship for the people and cripples businesses.” The statement added, “Any filling station caught hoarding fuel will receive heavy sanction”.
Oyebode said monitoring teams had been dispatched to go round filling stations in the state and ensure that no filling station hoarded fuel
to the detriment of the people.
to the detriment of the people.
See photos below
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