The Ogun State Ministry of Transportation introduced on Sunday that Oke-Itoku Junction inbound in Sapon, Abeokuta, wouldn’t be accessible to visitors on Tuesday, December 5 and Thursday, December 8, 2023.
This transfer, in response to an announcement from the ministry signed by the Commissioner, Gbenga Dairo, was to regulate the anticipated heavy circulate of human and vehicular motion throughout the burial actions of the late Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson.
The occasion is scheduled to happen across the Osile of Oke-Ona Egba’s Palace, Sapon, on the mentioned days.
Dairo mentioned that consequently, from 2pm to 8pm on the mentioned days, the inbound visitors from Ake and environs to Sapon will likely be diverted to Sapon/Ijemo-Agbadu/Ake close to Oke-Itoku Junction, thereby briefly changing it to two-way visitors throughout these occasions.
The assertion partly learn, “This is to inform most of the people, significantly the motoring public, that Oke-Itoku Junction inbound Sapon is not going to be accessible to visitors on Tuesday, fifth and Thursday, eighth December 2023, as a result of heavy circulate of human and vehicular motion anticipated throughout the service of songs and different burial actions put in place for the late Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief Mrs Oluwaseun Alaba Lawson, scheduled to carry on the Osile Oke-Ona Egbas Palace, Sapon, on the mentioned days.
“Consequently, inbound visitors from Ake and environs to Sapon will likely be diverted to Sapon/Ijemo-Agbadu/Ake close to Oke-Itoku Junction, thereby briefly changing it to two-way visitors throughout the occasion on every of the 2 days as acknowledged beneath:
Day 1 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 2pm -8pm)
Day 2 (Thursday, December 8, 2023, 2pm-8pm)
“Nevertheless, TRACE ditto different security and safety companies will likely be deployed alongside the routes in query to make sure efficient and built-in visitors administration to restrict delays and visitors congestion.
“While pleading with members of the public and road users along the axis for their cooperation and understanding for any inconveniences this might cause, the Ogun State Government assures that the strategy put in place will minimise delay and guarantee orderliness.”