Gridlock As Petrol Tanker Gets Stuck On Lagos Road

On Tuesday morning, a heavily laden tanker displaying the 'NNPC' emblem became immobilized, leading to a significant traffic congestion for commuters traveling from Oju Odo and the Synagogue Church towards the Ikotun region of Lagos State.

This was contained in a statement made available to PUNCH Metro by the Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofeek, on Tuesday.

According to the statement, the LASTMA operatives averted a major fire disaster and ensured miscreants didn’t loot the tanker’s product.

Taofeek told PUNCH Metro that the truck driver caused the traffic gridlock while attempting to manoeuvre through a small space on the road.

He added that officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue team were present to transload the product of the stuck tanker to an empty one.

The statement partly reads, “Traffic officer, Demola Muibi, ‘Bravo’ (Zone 7), who led the LASTMA response team disclosed that an NNPC branded tanker fully loaded with petroleum product got hooked and blocked the entire road inward Ikotun from the Synagogue Church.

“He disclosed further that to avert another major fire disaster around the entire Synagogue Church area, the LASTMA team, after arriving at the scene around 6am, called other major emergency responders, including the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services immediately.

“We managed the situation in such a way to avoid miscreants and hoodlums from tampering with the fuel before the arrival of policemen from Ikotun Police Division.”

The statement added that to ensure ease of traffic, motorists were diverted through another route.