CBJ AMEBO: FLOOD... FRSC CLOSES LOKOJA-ABUJA HIGHWAY

Lokoja Flood

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 safety of lives.

The highway had since last week been flooded because of the rise in water level from the River Niger.

He said the commission arrived at the decision following the continued rise in the level at the Banda village, two kilometres to Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, adding that the movement of vehicles on the road had become "completely impossible"

He said that the road would remain closed until the commission could guarantee safe vehicular movement.