[NEWS]Fuel scarcity returns to Lagos: Scarcity to persist, NNPC says

Long queues have returned to filling
stations in Lagos and the National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) hinted
yesterday that it may take some time to
disappear.
NNPC spokesman, Mr Fidel Pepple, said the
scarcity is 'artificial', and was triggered by
the destruction of the NNPC's pipeline at
Arepo, Ogun State. He said bunkerers
attacked the pipeline in Ibafo, Ogun State,
to scoop fuel and also shot and killed three
PPMC engineers and technicians deployed
to repair the vandalized pipeline.
According to Pepple, the development has
forced NNPC to bridge products by truck as
against the pipeline and said the repairs of
the vandalized pipeline may take a while as
the corporation is not ready to risk the lives
of more officials.