On Wednesday, angry protestors due to the recent naira scarcity, blocked several sections of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, leaving motorists stranded in Oyo State.
When one of our reporters visited several locations, they saw that some youths had set up barricades in the Iwo Road, Gate, Challenge, Olorunsogo, and Academy sectors.
On the highway, several youths were seen playing football, and some protesters set up barriers while begging passing drivers for money.
The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway’s Ibadan terminus was also impassable due to multiple vehicles stopping along the side of the route.
Some of the motorists who spoke in an interview with newsmen expressed worries over the development.
A motorist, Mr. Dapo Adedeji, said he was on his way to Lagos from Osogbo when he met the youths at Iwo road who sent him back.
He claimed he had to take the old Ife road and got to Olorunsogo where he met another roadblock but could not pass through.
He said, “I first met them at Iwo road, and they sent me back so I followed other vehicles to Old Ife road. Luckily, I was able to get to this place (Olorunsogo) but these guys are radicals because they were carrying sticks and almost broke my windscreen but I quickly reversed.
“This is getting serious and the government should do something. The last time I experienced this kind of thing is during the EndSARS. They shouldn’t allow things to get to that level again.”
Similarly, Ayorinde Taiwo said he had been waiting for the roadblock to be removed from the road for over three hours.
“This is nonsense. How can people be allowed to block a federal road like this? I have been waiting here for over three hours now and nothing is happening.
I had to give them money at Iwo road and Oremeji before I could get to this place. This is lawlessness,” he said.
