In this period of fuel scarcity, a lot has become enshrined. Some stations sell well above the regulated pump price, like N100 per litre, but dispense exact quantity displayed on the LCD; others display a pump price of N65 per litre and pump out questionable quantities.

Recently, I visited a major markerter and asked for N2,000.00 worth of fuel at the displayed rate of N65/litre. I was happy that I did not meet a long queue and when the pump displayed a figure above 30 litres as the quantity dispensed, I gladly paid. No sooner had I started the engine than my car guage showed me I had received about 17 litres!

On another occasion, I had the guage actually move up to full tank (and was satisfied); but when I had driven for about five minutes, it inexplicably came to half tank! (I had asked them to "fill" the tank and they did!). There were no leakages, inshort, no plausible explanation. I later heard there were stories about pumping air and filling the tank with it,

I am not an expert, but can someone tell me that this is not broad day light fraud endorsed by the elasticity of our all-accepting psyche?