See routes motorists can ply as President Buhari visits Lagos

Lagos State is expected to host President Buhari as he visits the state to commission some projects.

President Buhari is expected to commission the newly built International terminal of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos. Which is one of five being built in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, and Enugu.

 He is also expected to commission the Dangote Fertiliser plant.

 

This visit would mean there would be some diversion of traffic as announced by the Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde.

The commissioner has also provided alternative routes for motorists.

Oladeinde stated that motorists from Apapa/Oshodi would be able to ply Agege Motor Road to link PWD connecting Works Road or General Adeyinka Adebayo Road to access Oba Akinjobi inward Ikeja General Hospital and then connect Local Airport through the underpass.

 

Motorists on Agege Motor Road were also advised to link Charity by the Armed Resettlement Centre on the service lanes and make a U-turn at Cappa/Bolade axis inwards Shogunle to access PWD to continue their journey.

He also stated that Maryland/Mobolaji Bank Anthony would be open to motorists to link the Local Airport and access Muritala Muhammed Airport.

The Commissioner added that motorists can go through the Third Mainland Bridge inwards Gbagada to connect Ikorodu/Maryland to reach the Airports as an alternate route.

 

Man sets himself ablaze during Protest

 

An unidentified commercial bus driver died after setting himself ablaze on Tuesday, February 15. His death happened while was protesting the seizure of his vehicle by operatives of the task force from the Lagos State Ministry of Transportation.

 

The driver was driving along the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Road area connecting Ajao Estate when his and some other shuttles were compounded by the taskforce team.

 

According to eyewitnesses, the driver was furious that his vehicle had been seized. He then reached out for a keg of fuel and poured it on himself, and then set himself ablaze. 

He was later confirmed dead.

 CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, the spokesperson of the state police command, confirmed the incident and said the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, had ordered an investigation into the incident.

“The information we got was that there was resistance when task force from the ministry of transportation went for enforcement.

No policeman set any vehicle ablaze; policemen attached to the Ajao Estate Police Division were not involved in what happened. However, the Commissioner of Police has ordered an investigation into the incident.” he said