Major and independent petroleum product marketers in Lagos State have shut down their dispensing outlets over speculation of possible hike in pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly called petrol.
Our correspondent reports that most filling stations have shut down while few in operation recorded unprecedented long vehicular queues.
TotalEnergies outlet by Abule (Sheraton Hotel Ikeja) and MRS at Ikeja, which opened for business earlier in the morning, later shut down at about 9am.
National President of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, on Monday, said nothing has changed so far but it was the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) that would be in a better position to make pronouncement as it stands now.