According to the Premium Times, residents and motorists in the state awoke yesterday to huge lines at the few filling stations selling petrol.

Queues formed in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, and its environ yesterday as citizens prepared for the gubernatorial election.

A day earlier, motorists in Ibadan and other major towns in Oyo State lamented the return of petrol shortages in the state.

Dele Tajudeen, chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria’s (IPMAN) South-West zone, said on Wednesday that the association may instruct its members in the zone to raise fuel and diesel pump prices if the appropriate federal government’s regulatory agency fails to address the continuous non-supply of the products to its members.

For the previous six months, he claimed, members of IPMAN in his chapter have been unable to obtain the supply of the items from any of the six government-owned depots.

The NNPC mega station in Abeokuta’s Oke Mosan area has been without fuel for over two days. Its gates remained closed on Saturday morning.

When our correspondent drove by the axis at about 9:30 a.m., the Fatgbems Filling Station, which is situated opposite the NNPC mega station, had yet to begin dispensing petrol.

However, a fuel tanker was spotted parked within the facility, ready to release its load. The sight of the tanker drew a long line of potential purchasers to the station.

Long lines were also visible at the Mobil Filling Station in the Kolobo/Panseke region, as well as at the NIPco station at Moore Junction.

The Mobil filling station in Eleweran was closed, while the Ayomide Filling Station, less than 200 meters away, was open but had a huge line.

The NIPCo on the Alabata-Isolu-Emere axis was distributing fuel, however, there was a long line. The Enyo fueling station in Asero has closed its doors to customers.

Residents were also observed heading to filling stations with various sizes of Jerry cans to buy petrol for their automobiles or generators, among other things.