SOME motorists operating within Sango-Ota area of Ogun State and its environs on Friday urged the Federal Government to urgently repair the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, describing it as a nightmare.
They expressed their concern in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota.
The motorists alleged that a tanker laden with petroleum products lost control due to break failure and killed a pedestrian while another person was injured on July 20 at the Joju area of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
They added that another accident in which four persons were injured, also happened on the expressway when a truck skidded due to the bad condition of the road on Thursday at the Joju area.
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According to them, the deplorable state of the road is causing serious pains for motorists plying the expressway.
Mr Temidayo Ogunrinde said that the bad portions of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway had become a death trap to road users as a result of potholes.
“We have also witnessed accidents that left victims injured and taken the lives of many people.
“The potholes cause trucks and tankers to skid and often cause gridlocks,’’ he said.
Another road user, Mr Sule Mustapha, who is a commercial driver, stressed the need for the Federal Government to urgently repair the road, saying that they spent huge funds to repair their vehicles.
“The deplorable state of the road has caused motorist a lot of discomfort, apart from reducing the lifespan of vehicles,’’ he said.
Mustapha also said that their profit margin had drastically reduced because of the bad road.
Mr Babatunde Ajayi, a resident of Sango-Ota, said that armed robbers used the opportunity to rob innocent victims at night, especially at bad portions of the road.
Ajayi explained that motorists plying the road spend hours in the traffic before getting to their destinations adding that such stress was not good for their health.
He added that this made some impatient drivers to drive against traffic thereby causing accident.
Ajayi said that the bad state of the road had also affected business activities negatively in the area.
“We are, therefore, calling on the Federal Government to come to our aid by fixing the road so that commuters can enjoy the benefit of democracy, ’’ he said.