Major oil marketers, including A.A Rano, Bovas, Total are taken advantage of the current scute fuel scarcity, especially in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to make quick and fast money.
Information reaching us at Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper indicates that these oil marketers now sell fuel only to the commercial black marketers in gallons and jerricans, from 1am to 4am.
It was learnt that while they pretend in daytime that they have no fuel to sell, especially to motorists, they open in the night and sell to black marketers with each giving between N500 and N1,000 extra that goes into private pockets.
In the wee hours of today, February 16, fight broke out in A.A Rano fuel station in Kuje, Abuja between some motorists who were sidelined in favour of black marketers and the attendants.
It was learnt that many people in the confusion that ensued sustained various degree of injuries.
It all started when the station opened about 1am and the attendants continued to sell the product only to those with gallons and jerricans, ignoring motorists that had been on queue for nearly 18 hours.
Our reporters said that aggrieved motorists had to invite police operatives to Bovas fuel station that was selling only to the black marketers. The police operatives kicked out all the gallons and jerricans to allow motorists get the fuel.
It was reported that instead of the attendants to serve the motorists, they simply closed the station at about 3am and left, saying that the fuel had finished.
It is learnt that black marketers are now selling fuel to motorists at between N800 and N,000 per litre, as against less than N170 official price in filling stations.
