Apapa/Oshodi expressway on lock down as trucks return

In a brazen display of disregard for constituted authority, truck and tanker drivers, took over the entire Oshodi/Apapa express way, denying other motorists access.
The gridlock on the route which seemed to have abated for about a week, owing to the directive by the Navy for trucks to vacate all bridges in the state, returned yesterday, throwing motorists into another round of horrific experience.

Both sides of the major express-way were overtaken by the articulated vehicles. The service lanes were not also spared. Motorists whose offices are located along the axis were forced to park their vehicles, after spending over four hours at a spot. Motorbikes on the other hand, were the only alternative of transportation.

However, management staff of some of the companies along the route, who could not take motorbikes, trekked from Coker bus-stop to their respective offices. However, those who were stuck in between trucks resigned themselves to fate.

Vanguard, March 23, 2018

 

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