No fewer than 500 motorists and commuters are stranded at the defunct toll gate on the River Niger Bridge, along Asaba-Onitsha Expressway as the effect of fuel scarcity bites harder.
Largely among them are workers who traveled for this year May Day celebration.
The scarcity of the product crept into the two states of Delta and Anambra since Thursday, disrupting the plans of workers who had planned big for the celebration.
Motorists and commuters in the oil city of Warri were the worst hit of the severe bite as those affected faced hectic time in reaching their working places.
Investigations by The Eagle Online revealed that the budding night life across Delta State, which used to be the trademark of every event, was devoid of its usual sparkled.
The scarcity also had its toll on the two local government areas that make up Asaba metropolis, disrupting business activities in the five other neighbouring council areas to Asaba, including Aniocha South, Aniocha North, Ika South, Ika North East, Ndokwa West,
Apart from the popular NNPC Mega Station situated along the expressway, virtually all the petrol station within the state have exhausted their consignments, even as the few that have it now sell at inflated prices.
While two out of the 28 petrol stations along the popular Nnebisi Road sell at N140 per litre amidst long queue, others along Okpanam Road sell with impunity at N150.
The development has forced many car owners to abandoned their vehicles, even as others have resigned to faith.