The popular Toyota Bus stop along Oshodi-Apapa expressway has constantly
become a place of
nightmare for motorists as a result of illegal parking of petrol tankers
along the service lane and
somemes blocking the enre road. At times, these tankers have a long
queue, stretching from their
loading Bay at Toyota Bus-stop to Airport Road.
As a result of this gridlock, commercial buses are unable to make use of
the service lane, thereby
causing them to park indiscriminately on the express to pick passengers,
which in turn cause
another heavy traffic extending from Toyota Bus-stop to Charity Bus-stop
in Oshodi.
The consequences of these actions are becoming unbearable on vehicle
owners plying the road.
Apart from commercial and man-hour loss arising from this menace, threat
to lives and property
are very eminent as Motorists are easily robbed in the traffic at night
by men of the underworld.
Some of the Motorists interviewed admitted that they were victims of
robbery at one time or the
other. One of them, Wale Oladipupo said he lost his job because he was
robbed of his office
valuables while driving home around 8pm on a fateful day at Toyota
Bus-stop.
A widow who pleaded anonymity also claimed to have lost her husband to
an accident involving
her husband’s car and a Tanker at the dreaded Toyota Bus-stop. “On that
fateful day, my husband
had called me to prepare his favourite food, which I did not knowing
that he would not eat. I was
waiting patiently for him before I received the bad news that threw my
life into darkness. Please,
tell the government to do something about this before other women become
like me” She
concluded.
Some Tanker drivers interviewed said the reason why they park outside
the premises of the MRS
loading bay was due to overcrowding of Tankers inside. They held that
parking closer to the
company will hasten the process of loading. They claimed that since
there was no other place to
park their Trucks, they just have to make do with the road.
Isolo Voice therefore uses this opportunity to appeal to relevant
Authorities to expedite action on
how orderliness will return to this area to safeguard lives and
property. This will also go a long
way to improve the economic activities within Isolo community and our
beloved Lagos state.
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