Lagos-Ibadan Expressway gridlock: Drivers, commuters decry roadblock, extortion by soldiers
Our correspondent, who was on a bus on Thursday and Friday, observed as the soldiers blocked both sides of the expressway.
They opened a lane on both sides, as they extorted money from commercial drivers and truck drivers.
Some drivers and passengers, who spoke to PUNCH Metro, lamented the effect of the extortion on the traffic.
A driver, who identified himself simply as Baba Ibadan, lamented how the soldiers usually extorted money from him any time he passed the road.
He said, “As drivers plying the Mowe-Ibafo route, we are tired of the traffic caused by these soldiers at night. They were at the Ascon Filling Station end of the road before they moved to Deeper Life to cause this gridlock.
