Avoid Shagamu Interchange Bridge, Dangerous: FRSC warns Motorists

Avoid Shagamu Interchange Bridge,  Dangerous, FRSC warns Motorists

By Eriacy Confidence Oba
Coneri Magazine

The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said that the Sagamu Interchange Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be temporarily closed from today.
Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander of the FRSC, said that the temporary closure was due to the damage caused by the two tankers that caught fire there on Christmas day.
The Ogun Sector Commander spoke with disclosed this in Ota, home town of former President Obasanjo.

Two tankers laden with 33,000 litres each, on Dec.25, crashed into each other due to speeding on the outward bound of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway under the Sagamu Interchange Bridge ,close  to FRSC Emergency Roadside Clinic.
The sector commander said that the FRSC had invited some engineers from the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to assess the bridge.
He added that they were also to confirm whether vehicles could still be plying it due the intensity of damage done to the section of the bridge.

In a statement released  by the public education officer of FRSC Florence Okpe and Signed by the route commander for the Sector commander of the Ogun state command, the FRSC said plying the road is unsafe for motorists.

The statement reads:
'TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF THE SAGAMU INTERCHANGE BRIDGE IN OGUN STATE DUE TO STRUCTURAL DAMAGES CAUSED BY THE  CHRISTMAS DAY,  25 DECEMBER 2019 TWIN TANKER CRASH

Due to the damages done by the two petroluem  tankers that crashed underneath the Sagamu Interchange Bridge in Sagamu, Ogun State, on Wednesday 25 December,2019, the FRSC invited  Engineers of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to assess the continuous useage of the Bridge due to the intensity of the fire outbreak that damaged sections of the Bridge

Based on their professional advise that the fire has destroyed the integrity of the Bridge and may not be safe for motorisation till reinforced , the FRSC Ogun State Command is notifying members of the public to avoid the use of the Bridge till  it is  reinforced.

The FRSC Ogun State Sector Commander Clement Oladele has advised motorists to cooperate with the  FRSC and sister security agencies that would enforce the temporary closure of the Bridge till it is repaired and reopen to motorists  for use.

Motorists approaching the Sagamu Interchange Bridge from the Eastern part of Nigeria via Ijebu Ode should detour right at the back of the FRSC Emergency Road Side Clinic at  Sagamu to connect the Lagos - Ibadan Expressway leading to Ogere. They can then make a U - Turn before Ogere town and continue their journey to Lagos

Vehicles coming from Abeokuta leading to the Eastern part of Nigeria via Ijebu Ode should avoid the Sagamu Interchange Bridge and turn  right immediately after Nestle Company PLC to proceed to the Expressway leading to Lagos and they can then make a U - turn after Kara - Sagamu after the Julius Berger Yard, Sagamu to reconnect the Sagamu- Ijebu Ode - Ore - Benin Expressway

The FRSC regrets the inconveniences this may cause motorists

For traffic emergencies call the FRSC Toll Free Number 122.