The Lagos State Government has restricted vehicular
movement on 18 major roads across the state due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s
mega-rally rescheduled to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere next
Saturday.
The state government reeled out the affected routes
to include Teslim Balogun and National Stadia in and out; Funsho Williams
Avenue, Surulere; Lawanson/Itire Road/Tejuosho Road; Apapa Road, Costain, Abebe
Village/Eric Moore Road; Eko Bridge/Apongbon, Marina Road, Ikorodu Road;
Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Old Toll Gate/Third Mainland Bridge/Obalende,
International Airport Road, Oshodi-Oworonshoki expressway; Agege Motor Road,
Jibowu, Yaba-Muritala Mohammed Way Iddo/Otto, Herbert Macaulay Way – Adekunle
and Ijora Olopa/Ijora.
Former Minister of State for Defence and Chairman,
Transport Committee on Buhari's campaign visit to Lagos State, Demola Seriki,
listed the affected roads at a news conference he addressed on Wednesday at the
State House, Alausa.
He said 18 major routes would be affected and that
traffic would be diverted in some routes so that motorists and commuters would
not be left stranded during the event.
Seriki said the committee had therefore issued
traffic advisory to Lagosians to make their journey smooth, but warned
motorists to stay away from Surulere, venue of the mega rally as many routes
would be closed.
According to Seriki, Alaka (by Lanre Shittu Motors)
on the service lane, inwards Stadium would be closed to traffic and vehicles
diverted to the stadium bridge on the main carriage way, while Shitta and
stadium inwards would be closed to traffic as vehicles would be diverted to
Adeniran Ogunsanya Street or Akerele Extension and traffic from Barracks to
Stadium on Funsho Williams Avenue would be diverted to Stadium Bridge on the
main carriage way to Alaka.
On the traffic advisory, Seriki said from Eko
Bridge to Surulere, motorists should pass through Costain to Abebe (Nigeria
Breweries) to Eric Moore to Bode Thomas to their destinations (for instance,
Adeniran Ogunsanya, Shitta Round About or Census to Adelabu to Masha/Ogunlana
Drive) or Costain to Iponri Estate to Bode Thomas to Adeniran Ogunsanya and
continue with their journey or Eko Bridge to Alaka to stadium bridge to
Ojuelegba through Barracks on Funsho Williams Avenue to Lawanson Itire road and
connect their destinations through Ishaga, Randle Avenue, Ekololu, Falolu and
Ogunlana Drive to Akerele Extension.
Also motorists from Ikorodu road to Surulere,
according to Seriki, are to pass through Fadeyi Dorman-Long Bridge to Ojuelegba
to Lawanson Itire road to Ishaga, Randle Avenue, Ekololu, Falolu or Ogunlana
Drive to Akerele Extension; connect Alaka through stadium bridge to Alaka to
Bode Thomas or connect Costain to Abebe Village (Nigerian Breweries) to Eric
Moore to Bode Thomas to other destinations (for instance, Adeniran Ogunsanya,
Shitta Round About or Census to Adelabu to Masha/Ogunlana Drive).
From Surulere to Lagos Island, the chairman said
motorists were advised to follow Adeniran Ogunsanya, Shitta Roundabout or
Census to Adelabu to Masha/Ogunlana Drive) to Bode Thomas to Eric Moore to
Abebe (Nigeria Breweries) to Costain; Adeniran Ogunsanya to Bode Thomas to
Iponri Estate to Costain or pass through Ishaga, Randle Avenue, Ekololu, Falolu
or Ogunlana Drive to Lawanson Itire road to Ojuelegba to Barracks on Funsho
Williams Avenue to stadium bridge to Eko Bridge.
“We plead for understanding of the situation by
members of the public, and we urge to come to the venue to receive President
Muhammadu Buhari to our dear state," he said.
Seriki said over 100,000 APC faithful will gather at
the Teslim Balogun Stadium to receive Buhari, saying Lagos is ready to deliver
two million votes for the president's re-election.
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