The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, Enugu depot, has warned that petrol may cost more in the South-East.

It said this is because the Federal Government failed to reactivate the Emene depot.

The Chairman of Enugu depot of the association, Mr Chinedu Anyaso, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Awka on Friday.

Anyaso said that petrol might be sold for N170 in the South-East because of the cost of delivering the products at the stations in the zone.

Anyaso said that the depot had been lying moribund since 2005.

He was reacting to the increase in the pump price of petrol and the challenges faced by marketers in the zone.