The rebuttal is contained in a press statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, declaring that the news was “nothing but fake and lies from the pit of hell”.
Browsing: Kara Bridge
According to information available to The Eagle Online, the accident occurred at about 1am
Popoola on Monday told the News Agency of Nigeria after inspecting the bridge that the structural integrity test revealed that the bridge was strong and safe for use.
Ibrahim, representing the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the rain forced workers to stop work.
This followed a recent fire incidence that involved multiple articulated vehicles on Kara Bridge, which led to huge fire, necessitating the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to carry out an integrity test on the bridge as part of safety engineering measures to ascertain the extent of the damage on the road and effect the requisite repairs.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone that an integrity test was necessary to ascertain the stability of the bridge, following a recent tanker fire that occurred there.
NAN reports that site preparation toward the total reopening began on Saturday with a final inspection of the project by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Saturday said repair works on a 600m stretch outbound the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway had been completed.
Kayode Ibrahim, Federal Ministry of Works and Housing engineer supervising the project, told NAN on telephone in Lagos on Sunday that the decision was reached after a meeting of the relevant stakeholders.
Consequently, he said that that construction work had resumed on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway and that traffic diversion for work to continue on the Kara bridge section would begin before weekend.
The Federal Government on Sunday opened the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to traffic after completing repair works on a 600-metre stretch, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
Adedamola Kuti, the Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, stated this stressing that construction work has been completed on that part of the road and he disclosed that when the contractors return to the site in January, construction work will commence on the outbound-Lagos traffic side of the road.
Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesman of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta.
The accident involved an articulated vehicle carrying containers and a commercial motorcycle also carrying two passengers, the News Agency of Nigeria reports
The motorists said the action called to question the ability of those in charge to handle matters professionally