No respite yet for motorists on Lokoja-Abuja road, FRSC provides alternative routes

Motorists travelling to Abuja from the southern and eastern parts of the country will be unable to use the popular Lokoja-Abuja for the next two days or more, the Federal Road Safety Corps has warned.

It says this is due to the flooding around Koton-karfi in Lokoja, Kogi State, which has impeded the free flow of traffic on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway for the last three days.

The FRSC in a statement by Bisi Kazeem,
Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, on Friday advised motorists to use alternative routes.

part of the statement read, “This is to inform the general public, that owing to the flooding around Koton-karfi in Lokoja, Kogi State, which has impeded the free flow of traffic on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway for the last three days, motorists travelling to the South-West region of the country through Lokoja are kindly advised to take the Suleja-Bida-Mokwa road, while those travelling to the South-South/South-East regions through same town are also advised to go through Nasarawa-Oweto Bridge-Adoka-Otupka axis.

“This is due to the fact that the water level may take another two or more days to subside.”

The Federal Controller of Works in Kogi State, Jimoh Kajogbola, had similarly urged motorists to opt for alternative routes.

He said, “Due to the flooding in the country, River Niger has overflowed the Lokoja-Abuja dual carriageway at Koton-Karfi and rendered it dangerous to road users.

“Abuja-bound motorists from the South-West are advised to pass through the Ilorin-Mokwa-Bida road, while motorists from the East and South-South are advised to pass through Makurdi-Lafia road.”

The alternative roads, according to him, should be adhered to pending the time the water level would recede.

Kajogbola said that the advice also applied to South-South, South-East and South-West-bound motorists from the northern parts of the country.

He urged them to either take Abuja-Lafia-Makurdi-Otukpa road or Abuja-Bida-Mokwa-Jebba road pending the time that the water will subside at Koton-Karfi.