THE major and independent oil marketers in Borno and Yobe states failed yesterday to comply with Federal Government’s official pump price of N86 a litre, as none of them in Maiduguri and Damaturu, the state capitals was selling fuel to motorists yesterday morning.

Total, Forte, and the NNPC mega filling stations on Airport, Damboa, Lagos roads and Abbaganaram areas of Maiduguri metropolis, were however, closed without selling fuel as at the time of filling this report.

Over a dozen filling stations also in Damaturu of Yobe state that had fuel to dispense, however failed to open shop for motorists yesterday.

A fuel attendant, Hamidu Musa, simply told The Guardian that he was not directed to sell fuel, until next week, Monday, when their
supplies arrive for Lagos and Gombe for disposal and sale.

“My oga said that it is until we have a minimum of 14, 000 litres of PMS, before we start attending to our customers,” said Musa.

There was no “concrete explanations” provided by major and independent marketers in Maiduguri metropolis and Damaturu.

The Borno Supply Company filling station in the Musa Usman Secretariat complex was however, selling petrol at N140 per litre on Thursday.

The Fuel station manager, Mallam Aminu Bukar attributed the high price to market forces, lamenting that he procured PMS at a much higher price from the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association in Nigeria
(IPMAN).

The only fuel station that had complied with new official pump price was the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station on Damboa road.

The station was selling petrol (PMS) at N86 per litre yesterday, while other independent and major filling stations were closed without attending to motorists, as the fuel crises persist in Borno and Yobe states.