Again, Apapa Residents Protest And Threaten Law Suit Over Tankers Causing Traffic

Again, Apapa Residents Protest And Threaten Law Suit Over Tankers Causing Traffic

Once again, residents of the Apapa area of Lagos State have
threatened to take legal action if the Federal Government fails to
relocate trailers causing massive traffic congestion in the area.  

The Chairman of the residents association, Brig. Gen. Sola
Vaughan said the residents had decided to issue a 21-day ultimatum to
the government on the matter. Vaughan, who spoke during a protest march
to the Area B Police Command, Apapa, said if nothing was done at the
expiration of the ultimatum, the residents would take legal action
against the Nigerian Ports Authority and all the shipping companies.    

A statement on Thursday said a letter for President Buhari was
delivered to the Area Commander by the protesters. Vaughan lamented that
residents of Apapa and its environs over the years had abandoned their
homes and business due to the hardship caused by indiscriminate parking
of trailers and tankers in the area.

Another resident, Mrs Ronke James, said hoodlums had taken advantage
of the situation to unleash terror on the residents at will. While
receiving the protest letter, the Assistant Commissioner of Police,
Muhammadu Ahmadu of the Area B Command, promised to deliver the letter
to the state Commissioner of Police for transfer to President Buhari.