Fuel queues have resurfaced in Sokoto metropolis as residents besieged few filling stations selling the product, while most filling stations in the state remained shut.

The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent who went round the metropolis on Tuesday reported that some stations along Gusau Road had a long queue.

The same trend was witnessed around bypass expressway, Bello Road, and Fodio Road within Sokoto town, while most stations in the town and those close to the city centre were shut.

Some of the motorists who spoke to NAN said they noticed the long queues and decided to top up.

A driver, Mr Adamu, said he had to buy fuel to do his business if there was scarcity.

“I did not have it in mind to buy petrol but seeing queues in two major marketers’ filling stations and the same thing is happening in others, I decided to buy.

“I just have to buy now with the small money that I have,” he said.

Another buyer, Habib Muhammad, said he spent more than three hours in the queue but still could not buy the product despite going to three different stations because of the long queues.

Only filling stations that belonged to major marketers sold the products at a regulated price of N165 per litre as others sold between N175 and N180 per litre.

Meanwhile, street sellers who sold the product in jerrycans and gallons made brisk business selling a four-litre gallon between N1,000 and N1,200.

There was no word from either the regulatory bodies or petroleum products dealers about any impending scarcity. 

(NAN)