Some filling stations including the NNPC in Osun State, on Tuesday (today, September 3), shut their doors following the rumours of increase in petrol pump price.
Passengers were stranded while returning to their houses as some commercial vehicle drivers who did not have enough petrol in their vehicles simply parked them.
Those who could afford N950 and N1,000 per litre, jacked up their fare by about 100 percent.
Some filling stations had shut their doors as early as 10am, while vehicles queued for hours in front of the NNPC mega station, Osogbo, expecting the filling station to open.
Commercial drivers who managed to work jacked up the fares, with a short distance which used to cost N100 per drop now costing N200, while a long distance which was initially N200 was increased to N300 and N400 in the afternoon.
