The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association Nigeria, IPMAN, President, Debo Ahmed has said amidst scarcity, some retail outlets closed shops to motorists, who turned to black marketers.

Over a week after the Lokoja flood receded, the PMS scarcity was biting harder in the FCT.

The Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) petrol was still scarce in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and its environs even after the floods that blocked Kogi State have receded because of the supply gap the disaster created.

Floods have stalled conveyance of the product from the coastal depots to Abuja from early October 2022.

Owing to the situation, the bulk of the trucks laden with PMS was trapped in Kogi State, the Federal Government was to some weeks later urge the transporters to take alternative routes in Niger and Benue States to ferry the product into Abuja.