Residents of Alakoso Avenue, Mile 2, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State are going through hell, with the road that runs from Ijesha Express on Oshodi-Apapa Expressway up to Festac Link Road turning into a deathtrap.
According to DAILY POST investigation, the road was constructed in the early 1980s by the former Governor of Lagos State, late Lateef Jakande, as a layout to complement the Festac and Amuwo Odofin residential estates, with a link to Okota, during the second republic.
It was also gathered that for over 10 years now, the road has remained a nightmare to residents and commuters who pass through it. It has completely failed, with gullies dotting the entire stretch of the road. It becomes impassable each time it rains.
According to a business owner along the road, who preferred anonymity, there have been no major repairs on the road since it was constructed in 1982 or thereabout.
“The only time anything happened on it was during Babatunde Raji Fashola’s administration, when he constructed a link road that joined the Alakoso Avenue to Ijesha by Oshodi-Apapa Express Road. The road was not originally linked that way; it was Fashola that did it.
“So, after the link up, it became an alternative route to Mile 2 and Festac, especially during the hectic days when fuel tankers used to block the entire Oshodi-Apapa Road. The trucks that moved to Apapa in their hundreds to load fuel at that time made Mile 2 to be perennially
