Tankers take over Apapa-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos (photo credit: Twitter)
Security agencies have begun to remove all container trucks and tankers parked along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
The government of Lagos had last Thursday set up a task force involving 2,271 personnel drawn from the Police, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), and Nigerian Military including Army, Air Force and the Navy.
And according to the Commissioner for Transportation, Ladi Lawanson, the security agencies had freed the road from Toyota to Mile 2 in an operation which lasted for 72 hours between Friday and Sunday.
“The Governor will be meeting with the Nigeria Ports Authority, Shippers Council, Tank Farm Owners, Department of Petroleum Resources, among others because that is where the problem is really emanating from,” he also said.
“What we are doing now are just palliative measures and we have to solve the problem from the source. Even though this is not within the Governor’s jurisdiction but he is adopting a collaborative approach with these agencies of the Federal Government which are the root cause of the problem to look for a medium to long-term solutions in support of the palliative measure that the Governor has started.”