Ogun State Ministry of Transportation on Monday said Oke-Itoku junction inbound Sapon, Abeokuta, would not be accessible to traffic on Tuesday, December 5 and Friday, December 8, 2023.
A statement signed by the commissioner Gbenga Dairo said the move was to control the expected heavy flow of human and vehicular movement during the burial of the Iyalode of Yorubaland, Alaba Lawson.
Lawson, an educationist and entrepreneur, died on October 28, 2023, at the age of 72.
Burial activities are scheduled to take place around the Osile of Oke-Ona Egba’s Palace at Sapon on December 5 and 8.
Dairo said that from 2 pm to 8 pm on the aforementioned days, the inbound traffic from Ake and environs to Sapon would be diverted to Sapon/Ijemo-Agbadu/Ake near Oke-Itoku junction, thereby temporarily converting it to two-way traffic for the duration of these events.
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The statement said, “This is to notify the general public, particularly the motoring public, that Oke-Itoku junction inbound Sapon will not be accessible to traffic on Tuesday, 5th and Thursday, 8th December 2023, due to the heavy flow of human and vehicular movement anticipated during the service of songs and other burial activities put in place for the late Iyalode of Egbaland, Chief Mrs Oluwaseun Alaba Lawson, scheduled to hold at the Osile Oke-Ona Egbas Palace, Sapon, on the said days.
“Consequently, inbound traffic from Ake and environs to Sapon will be diverted to Sapon/Ijemo-Agbadu/Ake near Oke-Itoku Junction, thereby temporarily converting it to two-way traffic for the duration of the event on each of the two days as stated below: Day 1 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 2pm -8pm) Day 2 (Friday, December 8, 2023, 2pm-8pm)
“Nevertheless, TRACE ditto other safety and security agencies will be deployed along the routes in question to ensure effective and integrated traffic management to limit delays and traffic congestion.”
The government expressed regret over the inconveniences it would cause road users.
