More black markets spots for the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, are daily springing up in different parts of Lagos state.

This followed the lingering fuel scarcity being experienced in parts of the country.

Crystal News Nigeria reports that the commodity is being displayed at various major roads where several motorists, technicians and households are patronising them.

Major highways in the state, Akowonjo area inward Orisunbare among others, are some of the areas petrol is being sold Lagos.

Some of the operators are artisans who abandoned their jobs to grab the opportunity of the fuel scarcity and some unemployed youths.

A five-litre jerrican of the commodity is sold between N1,500.

A car hire operator, Mr Tunde AbdulRasheed, told our correspondent that the situation was terrible as he always buy five litres of petrol from the black marketers for N1,500.

He appealed to the Federal Government to urgently arrest the situation which, he noted, had affected the socio-economic activities of the country.

Consequently, commercial vehicle operators, including tricycles operators and commercial motorcyclists, have increased fares by 100 per cent.

Chaotic and long queues are seen at the few fuelling stations in some parts of the metropolis dispensing petrol.