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Ram buyers and sellers who leave their vehicles by the roadside are believed to be responsible for a massive traffic snarl at Kara Ram Market on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway since Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
Motorists experienced hardship crossing from Arepo to Ojodu Berger and vice versa on Wednesday. The trend continued on Thursday.
The situation was compounded by large trucks carrying livestock, which were parked by the side of the highway for offloading.
Some sellers of rams displayed them on the road, blocking the traffic on the expressway.
The activities at the livestock market have been on the upswing because of the upcoming Eid-el-Kabir festival, an annual Muslim celebration that involves the slaughter of livestock, especially rams and cows.
The spokesperson for the Ogun State sector commandant of the FRSC, Florence Okpe, told the Punch something was already being done about the situation.
She said, “This is because of the turning at Kara and those people who are buying rams for the Sallah preparation. We are doing our job at the FRSC. The operational orders for the Sallah preparation are out now, and even my sector commandant will hold a press conference tomorrow (today) or Friday to address the motoring public on Sallah Day.
“We have an outpost at Ibafo. Our men have been deployed already to control the traffic in that area, so I believe they are on the ground.”
