Chaos in Apapa as trucks, tankers, miscreants force lockdown

The lingering chaotic traffic situation on the Mile Two/Berger/Coconut axis of the Oshodi/Apapa Expressway has taken an alarming turn for the worse, no thanks to security operatives deployed to ensure free traffic flow on the dual expressway but who are now taking advantage of the situation to extorting money from tanker and truck drivers.

Rather than strictly enforce compliance with traffic regulations to ensure that sanity prevails in the area, the security men allow the drivers of these articulated vehicles to make U-turn at Berger Yard at night in order to drive against the traffic to the tank farms on Tin Can Island and Kirikiri, and in the event, end up parking indiscriminately on the highway and other available spaces in the area.

In fact, Vanguard can confirm that once money has changed hands, permission to make the U-turn is expressly granted by uniformed security operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Customs Service officials, some of whom take turns in assisting the truck drivers by clearing the way for them, while others wait by their respective patrol vehicles.

Vanguard, November 10, 2017

 

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