Gridlock at Ilasa section of the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway,Lagos… yesterday PHOTO: AYODELE ADENIRAN
It has been a bad week for commuters to ply the Oshodi-Apapa expressway as articulated vehicles, especially tankers and trailers parked on both the expressway and service lanes have made the roads impassable culminating into a scene of terror on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Femi Adeoye, an airport taxi driver would never forget his experience. He is yet to recover as he said he slept on the road on Thursday night into Friday morning. “I picked a passenger going to Mile 2 from MM2 and if I had known that this was in store for me, I would have told him to look for another driver and gone back home.”
Brandishing a toothpaste and toothbrush, he said he had just finished brushing his teeth and hadn’t eaten anything since the previous night.
Speaking with anguish on his face, he said, “look at the time, it is now almost 8:00am, Friday morning. I left MM2…
