The Federal Road Safety Commission has encouraged road users to look into alternate routes after a fuel-laden tanker that fell and spilled its contents around the Ibafo region of Ogun State in the early hours of Sunday caused a significant traffic jam.
The commission advises drivers entering and leaving Lagos to use routes like Ikorodu through Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode, and Epe for vehicles headed to Lagos, and Abeokuta through Sagamu Interchange for vehicles headed to Ibadan.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, said in a statement on Sunday that the content had been successfully trans-loaded and that men of the state fire service had proceeded to refill their water tank were aware of the situation while ensuring that the commission and other pertinent agencies were on top of it.
He attributed the gridlock to some impatient motorists who chose to drive against traffic, thereby affecting the free flow of traffic in all available exit routes.
The statement partly read, “A road traffic crash involving a loaded Tanker occurred in the early hours of today under the Ibafo pedestrian bridge on the outward Lagos section of the expressways. FRSC and other agencies have been on top of the situation since the occurrence of the crash.
“The contents of the fallen Tanker have been successfully trans-loaded into another and men of Ogun State Fire Service have proceeded to refill their water tank.
“Unfortunately, some inpatient drivers who choose to drive against the flow of traffic from all available exit points have done so, thereby causing traffic jams not only for the outward Lagos section where the RTC occurred alone but also, the inward Lagos section as well.”
A source in the Corps had earlier said that the crash occurred as a result of the driver’s fatigue and loss of control.
An FRSC official had also confirmed that no life was lost in the crash.
