William Manga, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry.
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made this known in a statement he issued on Friday.
He said this during a familiarisation visit to Area K Command of the Nigeria Police along Oko-Afo, Badagry on Saturday.
The recent operation was led by the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye.
The Governor issued the warning on the heels of the cleanup exercise along the 10-lane Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
Sanwo-Olu’s message was contained in a statement signed on Monday by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile.
The drivers under the aegis of Joint Drivers Welfare Association Of Nigeria are boycotting Lagos roads for seven days
This, according to the government, will help to reduce hardship of residents on the axis.
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, became public in a viral video from the scene of the accident
Knowledgeable sources said the brothers were returning from Alaba Market with six 30-litres jerry cans of petrol.
This was revealed on Sunday in Lagos by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olukayode Popoola.
This was contained in a statement on Wednesday by Adeshina Odunuga, spokesman for the Lagos State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that House of Representatives Committee on Works, led by its Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Kabir, was on oversight inspection tour of Agbara and Seme section of Badagry expressway on Wednesday.
He said Lagos State Government has taken a leap to start a 10-lane highway on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway and it has already done almost 18 kilometres of the road. He therefore appealed to the Federal Ministry of Works to push it further and take it to Badagry.
Adeyemi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry that the expressway had become a deathtrap to the people plying the road.
The state police command’s Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement that Odumosu gave the directive on Friday while addressing Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in the command.
The defendant, 25, who resides at No. 11, Oke Ado St., Molete Ibadan, was brought before the court on three-count charge of alleged reckless driving, driving without a valid license and causing injury to another.
Oladeinde, in a statement, identified the affected portions to include Maza-Maza, Signal Barracks and Mile 2.
The governor said that the project would help ease traffic burdens on the ever busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no commercial buses were seen plying the roads, while passengers were seen stranded at various bus stops.