The Price of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol has jumped to N180 per litre at some filling stations owned by Independent Marketers in Benin City
At the black market, fuel sold for N200 per litre and above.
Fuel was sold at some NNPC mega filling station and some major marketers that were supplied fuel from Benin Depot of the NNPC sold fuel at the approved pump price.
Fuel chart released at the Benin depot showed that about 800,000 liters of fuel were supplied to filling stations across the state.
A manager at one of the fuel station where fuel was sold for N160 said they got the product at a price of N120 per litre.
Prices of transport fares have also leaped within Benin City and environs.
