The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has announced traffic diversion on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway over the flooding in Kogi State.
The agency said the diversion had; become imperative following the flooding around Kortonkarfi in Lokoja, Kogi State, in the last three days.
The FRSC’s Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, announced the traffic diversion in a statement on Friday.
The statement read, “This is to inform the general public, that owing to the flooding around Kortonkarfi in Lokoja, Kogi State, which has; impeded the free flow of traffic on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway for the last three days-
“Motorists travelling to the South-West region of the country through Lokoja are kindly advised to take the Suleja-Bida-Mokwa road, while those travelling to the South-South/South-East regions through the same town are also advised to go through Nasarawa-Oweto Bridge-Adoka-Otupka axis.
“This is due to the fact that the water level may take another two or more days to subside.”