The only road connecting the southern part to the FCT, the Abuja-Lokoja has been shut down by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) following the rising flood that has inundated the road.
Concerned over the safety of road users plying the Abuja-Lokoja route, the FRSC blocked the Lokoja axis of the highway, the roads marshal announced in a statement on its the website.
Coming on the heels of a 3-day siege by motorists, resulting from heavy flooding of a section of the Nataco junction of Lokoja and Banda village, feelers from the Corps indicate that the flood has resurfaced again thereby rendering the road totally impassable.
According to the Corps Public Education Officer, Corps Commander Jonas Agwu, another affected corridor is the 4km stretch between Lokoja and Garaje village , which has been equally taken over by heavy flood.
Consequently, the FRSC has undertaken massive deployment of personnel and logistics along the affected routes for intensive traffic control and route diversion while motorists are strictly warned to use alternative routes and to avoid the affected corridors in view of inherent traffic hazards resulting from the flood.
“Pursuant to this arrangement, no vehicle will be allowed through these routes even as the Corps solicits the co-operation and understanding of motorists passing through Lokoja town” the stated noted.
Major economic activities along the Abuja-Lokoja road have been paralyzed since last Friday, as the flood has cut off the route. Though temporary diversions have created to ease gridlock along the route, traffic officials and emergency workers are having hectic moments in controlling stranded motorists.
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