Fuel Scarcity Hits Ogun as Filling Stations Lock Gates

Residents of Ogun State have begun to feel the impact of fuel scarcity, which is taking a toll on the entire nation.

This is due to the fact that the vast majority of filling stations in the state refused to dispense fuel to customers on Thursday evening.

Because of the tainted fuel in circulation, many filling stations across the country have closed their doors.

Other residents were seen with jerry cans seeking to buy fuel for their power generators, grinding machines, and other items as motorists moved from one location to another in search of fuel.

Our correspondent noticed that the NNPC mega station in Oke-Mosan had its gate closed to customers while touring Abeokuta.

Also, the Fatgbems filling station, which was previously selling to people and was located opposite the NNPC, later ceased operations, despite the fact that vehicle owners refused to leave its gate.

According to our correspondent, there were no activities at Mobil in Onikolobo, World Oil in Okelewo, Sunny Yinka in Leme, Conoil Ibara, MRS Isale, and Igbein, among other places.

However, there were long lines at a few gas stations, including Prudent in Iyana Mortuary and Fatgbems in Isale Igbein.

It was learned that the situation is similar in other cities throughout Ogun State, where people were unable to purchase fuel for both commercial and personal use.

A gas station attendant, who did not want his name printed, told our reporter that some stations had stopped dispensing fuel to customers to avoid damaging their engines with the adulterated fuel.

However, the attendant said some stations with quality PMS stopped dispensing for reasons best known to the management.

Meanwhile, residents of Ogun State have called on the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the problem, saying they could not be battling lack of electricity and lack of fuel at the same time.

“Government should do something about this fuel scarcity. The suffering is too much. There is no light, no fuel to power generator and the heat is getting too much. We can’t even pump water. We are tired of this,” Elijah Adeyanju said in Abeokuta.

Also, Sulaimon Moshood, a resident of Ipokia, said, “No light, no fuel; gas is very costly, even rice