This marks the third price increase in two months.
Section 287 prescribes three years imprisonment for stealing.
MEMAN executive secretary Clement Isong gave this advice in an interview due to the queues at filling stations across Lagos.
The defendants, who live in Bariga, Ajegunle and Okokomaiko axis of Lagos, are being tried for conspiracy and stealing.
Meanwhile, queues for petrol have resurfaced in parts of Lagos.
As the state’s population grows rapidly with daily influx of economic refugees, space has become scarcer and the government’s idea of development is infrastructure-centred.
The police also recovered five rounds of ammunition in the commercial sex worker’s room during their investigation.
