Fuel scarcity: Edo youths protest
Some youths have taken to the streets in Benin City, Edo State, on Monday, to protest the persistent fuel scarcity rocking the country.
On Thursday, some protesters had also blocked the Lagos-Benin Expressway at Oluku Junction to express their grievance about the rise in fuel prices and the scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit.
The PUNCH reports that the protesting youths also blocked the road on Monday and set a bonfire.
A video of the protest seen on Monday morning showed fires on the road with thick smoke billowing from the burning materials.
The News Agency of Nigeria also reports that petrol price has risen to N340 per litre in Dutse, the Jigawa State Capital, adding that the situation has subjected the residents, especially motorists, to hardships due to the scarcity of the commodity.
A NAN correspondent who monitored petrol filling stations on Sunday observed that long queues of vehicles distorted normalcy at the stations.
The filling stations were selling the product at an exorbitant cost of N340 per litre. Punch
