As the petrol scarcity across the country continues to linger, oil marketers have accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited of politicising the supply process and making vain promises.

The oil marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria claimed they had to get fuel, despite the assurances from the Managing Director of the NNPCL Retail that they would receive direct product supply at the government-regulated price of N148 per litre.

The IPMAN official said this as fuel queues worsened.

IPMAN said that marketers as of last Friday bought products from the depots at between 235 naira to 240 naira per litre, saying there was no way they would sell products below 270 naira per litre even.

By Morris Osumili