Dapo Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu receive Buhari in Lagos on state visit to Ogun

Dapo Abiodun

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun and his Lagos State counterpart Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday morning received President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.

The president is scheduled for an official state visit to Ogun.

Buhari will inaugurate the 42km Sagamu Interchange–Abeokuta dual carriageway, the new Kobape Housing Estate, located on the Sagamu-Abeokuta Interchange, and the first phase of Kings Court Estate, Abeokuta, developed by the Ogun State Property and Investment Corporation.

During his visit, the president will also interact with some stakeholders and will return to Abuja the same day.

In order to make the president’s journey smooth, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) issued a traffic advisory to road users that the newly reconstructed Abeokuta-Kobape-Siun-Sagamu Interchange will be closed to traffic from 6 am to 4 pm, while the Ijebu/Ode-Mojoda-Epe Expressway, will be closed to traffic from 6 am to 1 pm.

Similarly, adjoining/feeder highways from Siun-Iperu Remo and vice versa, as well as, Siun-Owode Egba-Ofada-Mowe Ibafo and vice versa along the Abeokuta-Kobape-Siun-Sagamu Interchange is also closed to traffic.

While the closure lasts, the corps said the following alternative routes can be considered to and fro Abeokuta and Ijebu-Ode depending on entry point and destination: Abeokuta-Ifo-Sango-Iyana/Ipaja-Ikeja and vice versa; Abeokuta-Ajebo Rd-Saapade-Sagamu and vice versa; Abeokuta-Osiele-Odeda-Ibadan and vice versa; Ijebu/Ode-Itoikin-Sagamu and vice versa; Sagamu-Ogijo-Ikorodu and vice versa.