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Vehicles came to a standstill for 16 hours on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday, cutting short the trips of Eidel-Kabir holiday makers and other travellers. The traffic logjam caused by an accident involving a 30,000 litre petrol tanker snowballed into frustrating spillover effect for road users across other parts of Lagos metropolis, while government agencies battled to evacuate it.

The petrol tanker was leaving Lagos for Ogun State at about 12 am on Friday when it ran into a pothole by New Garage, Berger. Consequently, the tanker ran into the road divider and eventually fell on its side blocking the expressway. The impact of the fall caused the tanker to detach its head from the body.

Saturday PUNCH learnt that while the tanker crossed the road, its detached head kept spinning for a while before it stopped. However, rivulets of fuel dripped from the tanker onto the road and into the open drainage at the kerb.

Having envisaged a bad traffic situation, an Armoured Personnel Carrier station around the area was removed, while some passersby had volunteered to redirect motorists caught in the snarl up.

According to eyewitness accounts, no causality was recorded in the accident; but the driver and a passenger in the truck sustained various degrees of injuries.
peoeople travelling out of Lagos told Saturday PUNCH that their hope of getting to their destinations remained a mirage for the hours that the traffic gridlock lasted.

Some of them who were travelling to celebrate the sallah narrated their frustration. A pregnant woman, Kemi Adebisi, said that she spent about three hours for a journey that should have taken just 20 minutes
She said that the full tank of fuel in her vehicle that she hoped to use for a week had drastically drained in the unenvisaged traffic.

“I left Ojodu at about 11.30 am and did not get to my work place at Mowe till 2.45 pm. Normally, it is a 20-minute journey. I have never been this frustrated and angry at the same time. I was rushing to the office for a 1.30 pm appointment. I was driving alone in the car with a faulty air conditioner. The sun was really scorching, making matters worse,” Adebisi said.

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