NNPC blames fuel scarcity on elections, threatens hoarders

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has blamed the prolonged fuel scarcity experienced in Kaduna and Nasarawa states and the Federal Capital Territory on the recently concluded general elections.

It also threatened to sanction marketers who hoard and divert the product, stressing that this had led to artificial scarcity of petrol in the affected states and the FCT.

In the past two weeks, petrol scarcity in Abuja and its environs had gone from bad to worse but the NNPC had kept mum on the development during the period.

Although the situation seemed to be abating by Wednesday as more filling stations sold the product, our correspondent observed that there were still long queues at the few outlets that dispensed petrol to motorists.