There were long queues of vehicles yesterday at the few filling stations selling petrol in the commercial city of Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
It is the same situation in many state capitals, cities and towns across the country.
Major roads in Lagos were empty because motorists did not have petrol to move around.
Black market boomed with the scarcity of the product.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) attributed the scarcity of the product to a distribution glitch.
It cautioned against panic buying.
“The NNPC Ltd regrets the tightness in fuel supply witnessed in some parts of Lagos and the FCT, which is as a result of distribution challenges,” Olufemi Soneye, spokesman of the NNPCL said yesterday.
He urged motorists to shun panic buying as it works round the clock with relevant stakeholders to restore normalcy.
He added that the challenge was temporary.
