The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, says some sections of Lagos roads would be closed for some hours on Saturday.
In a statement by the Commissioner, Ikorodu Road from Maryland through Funsho Williams Avenue to Teslim Balogun Stadium would be closed between the hours of 8am and 2pm owing to the Mass On Street Rally organised by the Buhari Osinbajo Campaign Organisation.
He said that about 200 officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), have been deployed to manage the traffic situation and other incidences in the state.
The statement reads, “This is to inform the general public that due to the planned Mass On Street Rally by the Buhari/Osinbajo Campaign Org. on
Saturday 7/3/2015 from Maryland along Ikorodu Road through Funsho Williams Ave. to Teslim Balogun Stadium, from 8am to 2pm, various sections of the road will be closed.
“Service lanes and unoccupied sections of the express lane corridor inward TBS will be available to motorists during the procession.
“Motorists are advised to use the service lanes of Ikorodu rd and Funso Williams Ave., Agege Motor Rd or Third Mainland bridge.
“Let’s be guided by these for-warning advice please.”
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari, is expected in Lagos for a mega rally as campaign towards the March 28 presidential election continues.
General Muhamadu Buhari returned from his two weeks travel to the United Kingdom on Friday amidst tight security presence and a large crowd of party supporters at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja.
He denied claims that his absence from the country was because the PDP was allegedly having the upper hand in the campaign.