Nigeria: Oshodi-Apapa Still in Grip of Traffic Chaos - As Tankers, Trailers Return

18 October 2016

The dislodgement of tankers and container-carrying trailers from the Mile 2 to Tin Can axis of the Apapa/Oshodi Expressway in Lagos by the Task Force on Port Reforms and other state agencies, elicited much needed sighs of relief and excitement from Lagosians.

The success of the operation, May last year, was also attributed to the fact that the task force was backed by heavily armed mobile policemen and military personnel. The operation which was carried out in the night, saw to the seizure of over 80 illegally parked trucks from the road, paving way for the free flow of traffic thereafter.

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