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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway gridlock: Drivers, commuters decry roadblock, extortion by soldiers
Commercial drivers and commuters plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have lamented the gridlock caused by the illegal roadblocks mounted by some men and officers of the Nigerian Army on both sides of the expressway, opposite the Deeper Life Conference Centre.
PUNCH Metro learnt that the soldiers, who had earlier mounted the roadblocks at the Oremeji end of the expressway, recently moved them to the Deeper Life end.
It was gathered that the soldiers usually operated between 9pm to 5am every day to extort money from drivers.
The PUNCH correspondent, who was on a bus on Thursday and Friday, observed as the soldiers blocked both sides of the expressway.
The PUNCH, September 11, 2018
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