Apapa Gridlock: Confusion As Hoodlums Hijack E-Call-Up System

Commuters and road users were yesterday in anguish following a chaotic traffic situation on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway which lasted for several hours.
The traffic build-up, yesterday, extended from Berger Yard area beyond Ijesha Bus stop along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

Commuters and road users were yesterday in anguish following a chaotic traffic situation on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway which lasted for several hours.

It was gathered that the chaotic gridlock was not unconnected with the indiscriminate parking of trucks along the highway.

The traffic build-up, yesterday, extended from Berger Yard area beyond Ijesha Bus stop along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway.

Residents and commuters were in anguish as activities of truck and tanker drivers paralysed traffic movement along the axis, despite the introduction of an electronic Call-Up System in the port operation.

The trucks had on Monday stormed Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and Ijora-Apapa highways, following report of failure of e-Call up a system to accommodate all stakeholders and crash of software, resulting in total gridlock.

The situation got worse as law enforcement agents abandoned traffic control to miscreants and officials of port unions.

It was observed that no official of the newly created Lagos State Special Traffic Management Enforcement Team was seen at the gridlock points.

However, there was strong indication that the on-going dual port access road construction is responsible for the current gridlock in the area.

The road construction is being undertaken by the Federal Government, in collaboration with Dangote Group and Messers HITECH Construction Company.

Speaking at Apapa Stakeholders’ Forum on Traffic and Security, being organized by Apapa Local Government, held on Thursday, participants blamed the gridlock on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, on abandoned portion of the road at Sunrise and the improvised intersection at Otto Wolf area as part of hindrances on the road.