Apr 20
This does’t seem to be ready to die down at any time as the queues become longer, roads completely sealed off as a result and heavy traffic (even as fuel no dey). The struggle continues. Fuel Scarcity and strike with thanks to LASTMA. Na wa o. Eko o ni baje! Lasgidi jooo!
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- A scuffle, see video below
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- Mopols and escorts exercise their Man-given powers
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- today na today
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- How long can you stand?
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- Reading the fuel vending machine’s meter from the rooftop
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- 8 hours and you are still on one spot, imagine!
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- Men sitting and sleeping on buses
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- Closer shot, long queues for cars and jerry cans
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- Day2, scarcity intensifies
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- Cars impatiently wait for their turns, indefinitely.
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- A clearer view of the AP filling station
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- A battle of “Kegs and Tanks”: Only the black marketers can survive
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- Awolowo Road 6 Filling stations, worst hit
Continuity: 21, April, 2009 Tuesday’s Lagos Fuel scarcity scenarios at a glance… entire gallery… at a glance
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April 20th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Lagos, Lagos! Omo na wa oh! Those people on that queue deserve award. I could never do that long queue just to get fuel – that’s a whole day gone. The wholesalers and distributors create artificial scarcity so that they double their profit at the expense of the Nigerian public.
April 20th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
This makes no sense!!..LagosMet, pls help us out..we cant continue living like this.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:42 am
Sadly, I couldn’t post what I saw yesterday evening, Military men came in with koboko whipping corporate men and black marketers, stamping on mobile phones, kicking kegs, beating drivers and brandishing Ak47’s. Not a pretty sight to behold.
God dey.
April 21st, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Pressman, the strike has been called off already and fuel tankers are everywhere I just saw it on facebook now. Thank you for all the stories.
April 30th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
I am making a report on Banking Vacancies. Your topic Lagos fuel scarcity, queues in pictures | Lagos Metropolitan Community, Nigeria: Eyes of a critic – Lagosmet.com helps me a lot. I have been looking for the information last Thursday but cannot find any. Thank you very much for the information.
May 15th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I love your work