Lagos — After several weeks of traffic gridlock, respite came yesterday, on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, as tankers and other articulated vehicles disappeared from the ever-busy road. The disappearance of tankers is believed to be in response to the directive by Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode to the drivers to vacate the road immediately when he led top officials of the state government and security agencies, last Thursday, on an on-the-spot assessment of major traffic points in the area.
Ambode also announced the immediate setting up of a special enforcement taskforce to ensure 24 hours surveillance of traffic flow, while stressing that the Lagos Road Traffic Law should strictly be enforced to the latter. It was gathered that the special enforcement taskforce stormed the area in the early hours of yesterday, about 4 am forcefully removing some of the tankers for flouting the governor's directive and state traffic law.
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