The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, warned motorists on Friday not to travel on the Abuja-Lokoja road due to flooding near Kortonkarfi in Lokoja, Kogi State.
According to a statement issued by Assistant Corps Marshal and Corps Public Education Officer Bisi Kazeem, motorists should take a different route through the Suleja-Bida-Mokwa road.
The statement read: “This is to inform the general public, that owing to the flooding around Kortonkarfi in Lokoja, Kogi State, which has impeded the free flow of traffic on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway for the last three days.
“Motorists travelling to the South-West region of the country through Lokoja are kindly advised to take the Suleja-Bida-Mokwa road, while those travelling to the South-South/South-East regions through the same town are also advised to go through Nasarawa-Oweto Bridge-Adoka-Otupka axis.
“This is due to the fact that the water level may take another two or more days to subside.”