The News Agency of Nigeria correspondents who visited the scene on Wednesday, report that Lagos State and federal fire fighters were battling to stop the fire which cause is yet to be identified.
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This was revealed on Sunday in Lagos by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Olukayode Popoola.
The Federal Controller revealed these developments in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday.
The Controller of Works made this revelation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos.
Popoola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Wednesday ahead of the reopening.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Engr. Olukayode Popoola, reacted to the development in a statement
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday night that traffic on Apakun axis on Oshodi Expressway would be diverted to Ladipo service lane and Airport Road for three days starting from midnight on Friday.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said this during inspection of ongoing reconstruction/rehabilitation of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway project.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, said this during an inspection of the bridge.
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Olukayode Popoola, who gave the assurance during a joint inspection with the Nigerian Ports Authority, said Section 1 of the road would be opened afterwards
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone that the decision to suspend the rehabilitation of the bridge was reached after a meeting with relevant stakeholders.
Popoola in a statement on Friday night appealed for understanding of road users promising that traffic regulatory and law enforcement agencies have been deployed to minimise gridlock
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday that contractors had moved to sites since November 2020 and were still evacuating highway drains to tackle flooding in the city.
Popoola revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone late on Saturday
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on the telephone that the contractor was able to complete the repair works on the bridge on Saturday, hence the lifting of the total closure at midnight.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone that the shutdown would take effect from midnight on Friday to midnight of Monday, Feb. 1.
Popoola debunked an earlier claim of a January 13 total shutdown of the bridge in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bridge, which runs over Toyota Bus Stop on the Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota-Oworonshoki Expressway being reconstructed, was engulfed by fire when a petrol tanker burst into flames on Thursday.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on telephone that the first cross beam of the flyover on the Ibadan-bound lane in the ongoing Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction/rehabilitation project was successfully completed at midnight.
Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Lagos that the total shutdown had to be lifted because the contractor was able to fast-track the delicate task they needed to execute.