Ahead of the Eid-el Kabir celebration, Lagosians, yesterday thronged the popular Kara market, located along the Lagos- Ibadan expressway for their Sallah rams.
This resulted in severe gridlock on both sides of the highway, leaving motorists and commuters stranded, while passengers trekked long distances to get to their destinations.Although officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and other agencies like the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps , battled to maintain decorum on the road, the gridlock stretched to Mobil Fuel Station outbound Lagos and Mountain Top University for those moving in to Lagos.
According to her, it amounts to insensitivity on the part of concerned authorities to allow traders to block a major highway without recourse to commuters and motorists.