Stranded commuters at Alausa...on Wednesday
| credits: Olatunji Obasa, Simon Utebor and Saheed Olugbon
With the restriction of okada
on some routes and the worsening fuel scarcity in Lagos State, many
Lagosians who were stranded trekked to their destinations on Wednesday.
Also, motorists were held up for hours following
gridlock on most major roads. Lagos-Ibadan Expressway towards Seven-Up,
Yaba, Iyana Ipaja, Ikorodu Road, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos-Abeokuta
Expressway, Oba Akran Avenue, Oba Ogunnusi Road in Ogba among others
witnessed traffic snarl.
Findings by our correspondents showed that the
gridlock was as a result of motorists struggling to buy fuel at some
filling stations, ban on okada in some routes and Sallah rush.
At Oando filling station, Oba Akinjobi Way, Ikeja and
at Total filling station in Ojota, where fuel was being dispensed, the
queues took over a large part of the road causing gridlock.
Some motorists and commuters, who spoke with our
correspondents, also attributed the situation to the Lagos State
Government new traffic laws.
