The price of Petrol has increased to about N617 per litre in Abuja. Motorists who went to some major filling stations on Tuesday morning to buy fuel were greeted with the new price to their shock.
A visit to an NNPC filling station in the Central area of Abuja by this reporter confirmed that the fuel price has now been adjusted from N539 to N617 per litre.
Another Customer who confirmed this development to our reporter simply said “It is true, I just bought at N617 per liter,”
The immediate reason could not be ascertained but it is not unconnected to the recent projections by oil marketers that fuel price will hit N700 per litre soon.
There was no official confirmation of this development from the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NDMPRA) as at the time of filling this report.