Both lanes of the dual carriageway were chocked bumper to bumper by cars, lorries, trailers, buses and to even make matters worse, haggard looking lorries used for timber transportation.
The passenger while narrating his ordeal said: 'we came here since 6.30am .what is the time now? 2pm and we are still here. When are we going to reach Onitsha? '
Another passenger said : 'I have travelled by this road three times this week and there has never been a day that i passed without meeting a situation like this. But today's own is simply unprecedented'
The cause of the gridlock was not that a heavy duty vehicle fell across the road,which has been the case in most situations, but that the road has simply dilapidated to a pitiable condition.
'I don't know why the government has decided to allow this road rot like this?' another man asked
Sagamu-Ore express way today.
The Benin - Sagamu express way, if not the busiest, is one of the busiest roads in Nigeria. It connects the south east, South south and to some extent, south west and the north of the country. What it then means is that this road plays an important role in the commerce of Nigeria because goods and services rely on this road to reach other regions from lagos.
The stretch of the road from Benin to Sagamu measures something between 225 to 250 kilometers and is divided by the location called Ore. The distance between Sagamu-Ore is bigger than that of Ore-Benin.
Contract to the upgrade of the road was awarded by former president Umaru yar'adua of blessed memory, but since then the company handling the project has not been able to complete the first phase which happens to be the smaller part of the road. That IS Benin to Ore. As a result, commuters and travellers bear brunt.
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