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  • NEW LAGOS STATE ROAD USE LAW
  • A report in The Guardian says the controversial
    new traffic bill prescribing 3 years jail term for
    one-way traffic violators will be signed into law
    tomorrow by Gov Fashola. Trying to be my
    brother's keeper, I would like to share with you
    some roads in Lagos that can take you directly
    to jail as from Friday.

    Since a new Shopping Mall accommodating
    Shoprite was launched in Alausa, Ikeja, the
    road that passes directly behind it is now a one-
    way street. Policemen have been feeding fat on
    people who had used that road for ages and are
    unaware of this new development. When the
    bill becomes law, heading in the wrong
    direction on the road will send you to jail for
    three years.


    To new motorists or those visiting Lagos,
    Somolu is filled with bosom-traps that can send
    you to jail. One-way streets there are
    numerous. But the ones that quickly come to
    mind include Oyebajo Street. If you're coming
    from Morocco Road, going to Ikorodu Road,
    Oyebajo Street is to the right. With no visible
    signs, this street is a one-way ticket to jail.


    Again, when coming from Ikorodu Road,
    heading to Igbobi College, there is another one-
    way traffic street by Fadeyi Bus Stop via
    Kalejaiye Street. It is the right turning before
    the National Orthopaedic hospital. LASTMA
    guys will usually not stay at the entry point to
    warn you, but in the middle to apprehend you.
    You will regain your freedom in three years!


    Then the popular bridge linking Dopemu to
    Egbeda is one-way traffic at a designated time of
    each day. From 5am to 1159am you can cross
    from Dopemu side to the Egbeda side without
    any trouble. But if you are delayed and cannot
    cross to Egbeda side before noon, make a quick
    U-turn. If you still go ahead and cross to the
    other side, LASTMA and the police will be
    waiting for you with a Black Maria. Kiss your
    freedom goodbye.


    On the Yaba/Akoka axis, there are a few bosom-
    traps, apart from the clear one-way traffic roads
    with concrete medians. The one that leaps to
    mind now is the major road from University
    Junction that leads directly to UNILAG Gate.
    This road is 95 percent two-way traffic. But
    there is a 5 percent one-way traffic, where you
    have to detour inside the community and burst
    out a little further down the road. There is an
    old, faded 'No Entry' sign, to warn motorists,
    but many first timers miss it. They are joking
    with three years jail term.


    The service lane at Osodi coming from Mile
    Two is presumably two-way traffic up to a little
    after NAFDAC. The road forks into two, the
    right links CAPPA/Mushin, while the left links
    Osodi Oke. Motorists who want to drop
    passengers at Osodi, but are too law-abiding to
    do it on the Expressway, usually enter the
    service lane, drop their passengers, drive past
    NAFDAC and at the fork, bear left to link Osodi
    Oke, onward to Oworonsoki or Maryland, as
    the case maybe. But any day some LASTMA
    officials are broke, they usually stay on top of
    Osodi Oke bridge and monitor those climbing
    the bridge at the fork. They then pounce on
    them, accusing them of one-way traffic
    violation. If you are unlucky to pass that route
    on one of such days, you will be writing a
    prison memoir soon, or you offer to pay for the
    school fees of the children of the 'hardworking'
    LASTMA guys who apprehend you. Which
    would it be?

    Then, from the past few months, motorists
    coming from Toll Gate by 7 Up, and attempting
    to link Oregun can no longer drive straight into
    Ikosi Road by Union Bank. Entry has been
    barred even though there is no single sign to
    that effect yet. In lieu of that, there are traffic
    cones placed there to guide motorists. In all
    fairness, there are sometimes some honest
    LASTMA guys at the intersection to guide
    confused motorists how they can access Ikosi
    via Lever Brothers. But often times, on duty are
    the crooked ones who see an opportunity to
    make money. When a LAWMA truck or other
    government vehicles exempted from traffic
    laws blow these cones away, motorists coming
    afterwards inadvertently drive into Ikosi at the
    intersection and are slammed by LASTMA and
    gun-toting policemen. You are in serious
    trouble.


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