Fuel crisis seems to be looming in Anambra as the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has risen following the strike action embarked upon by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Enugu Depot Unit.
According to reports, the Alhaji Sanusi Fari-led national leadership of IPMAN had directed marketers attached to the Enugu Depot Unit in charge of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States to withdraw their services effective from Friday, following alleged invasion of the Enugu Secretariat by Police on Wednesday.
Reacting however, the spokesperson of the Enugu police command, Daniel Ndukwe, , denied that operatives of the command blockaded or attacked the IPMAN secretariat in Enugu.
He mentioned that detectives from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Abuja, had instead been on an investigative trip to the IPMAN office to serve the association’s members an invitation over a court matter
Meanwhile, due to the notice of shutdown issued by Fari, IPMAN will stop services to members of the public in Enugu, Anambra, and Ebonyi from Sept. 17 until the police illegality is reversed.
In the commercial town of Onitsha, most filling stations were shut to motorists who had to resort to black market operators who sell at the rate of between N220 and N250 per litre.
In Awka, the directive to close shop was largely complied with but a few who opened for business hiked their price due to uncertainty of supply.
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