Chai! Na real gbege dey happen for Lagos o! Early Sunday morning, traffic wahala burst for Third Mainland Bridge when one mini truck wey dey carry perishable goods fall on im side. Na so two people injure for the matter, we go dey find out the full load later.
According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), dem don recover the truck but dem still dey do transloading of the goods. E be like say na serious drama as them dey offload everything wey scatter for road. Wetin you expect from Lagos? E no go easy.
Video wey LASTMA post show the small truck dey lie for im side like person wey don waka pass bar. Workers don carry plenty of goods dey transfer am to another vehicle as fast as dem fit, so to clear road and make traffic flow begin dey move again.
LASTMA sef don drop statement say dem dey manage the situation well. “We dey on top the matter, and we go make sure say traffic no dey gbaboo,” dem talk. E go pain dem even say the accident no suppose happen if the driver no dey speed like turbo.
As if na joke, na another kasala show face for Heritage Garden area. Dem report say red Tata long bus wan driver carry two passengers wey dey slack-jack in the early morning. The guy no reason say he go dey reckless; na so he jam one moving truck wey just waka disappear.
LASTMA operatives run reach the scene sharp sharp, carry the passengers wey dey trapped come out. Thanks to Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASAMBUS), dem don rush the injured go hospital for quick fix up. My people, no be small wahala.
Dem don catch the commercial bus driver to ask him how e take happen. LASTMA General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, don show him sympathy for victims and urge everybody to take am easy. “No be to dey drive like dem dey chase you for Grand Prix. Abeg, follow speed limit. Make we no dey collect wahala upandan,” he advise.
Na so e be for Lagos, my friends. Na we get the power to change the narrative. Make we dey respect road, and make dem no dey tell us story wey go pain our belle again.
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