Ogun: Commuters groan, businesses shut as Sango-Ota road collapses

The deplorable condition of the Sango-Ota end of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Ogun State, has continued to compound the woes of residents and business owners in the area.

Our correspondent, who visited the area on Thursday, observed that the road had collapsed.

Motorists and commuters had a hectic time plying the route.

The almost three-kilometre stretch of Joju, immediately after the Sango-Ota Bridge inward Ifo, was abandoned.

The road was dotted with large potholes lodged with water.

Both trucks and vehicles were forced to connect to the other lane, as they faced oncoming vehicles only to connect back to their lane at the Igbala end of the road.

Motorists expressed fear that the available lane might soon get damaged due to the high volume of traffic in the axis.

It was also a similar sight at the Toll Gate end of the road, where the lane connecting motorists from Alakuko inward Ogun State, had also been abandoned.

Only a few vehicles were seen meandering through the section of the road ridden with potholes.

A gully lodged with water could also be seen at the end of the axis.

Most of the motorists resorted to plying one way, including a police patrol van.

Our correspondent learnt that the vehicles driving against traffic had knocked down commuters several times.

The deplorable condition of the road had also become an avenue for street urchins to extort money from commercial drivers.

Checks by our correspondent revealed that the road had paralysed economic activities in the area. Punch