More than six months into the lingering fuel crisis and in spite of assurances of availability, the product still sell for as high as N300 per litre within the Port Harcourt metropolis in Rivers State.

This is more disturbing given the fact that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) reportedly claimed that about five million litres of PMS was lifted from the Port Harcourt refinery, within the week, to ease fuel scarcity in some parts of the country.

Survey by Tribune online around the state capital revealed that some major marketers were even selling fuel far above the recommended N86.50 pump price.

Some of them, including Connoil at Lagos Bus Stop and AP at the Eastern Bypass, sold fuel at N250 and N220 per litre, as at Saturday morning.

Most independent marketers also sell within the same price range, even as the black marketers are still making fortunes from the scarcity as they do sell for as high as N300 per litre.

One noticeable absurdity however and despite the high cost, is that there are no long queues as motorists and other end-users easily walked in to most of the filling stations to buy the product, where available.

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