The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Sunday announced the
closure of the Lokoja-Abuja highway to ensure the safety of road users.
Mr Mohammed Garuba, the Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, said
that the decision to close the highway was to ensure the safety of
lives.
The highway had since last week been flooded because of the rise in water level from River Niger.
He said that the commission arrived at the decision following the
continued rise in the water level at the Banda Village, two kilometres
to Lokoja, the Kogi capital, adding that the movement of vehicles on the
road had become "completely impossible".
According to him, FRSC officials and some youths who had been guiding
vehicles through the water for the past three days had been
overstressed and could no longer cope with the situation.
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