The governorship candidate of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has vowed to remove
the Lekki Toll Gate, if voted into power in 2019.
Agbaje described the fee being
collected at the toll gate as illegal.
The PDP guber candidate noted
that though the toll gate was built by a concessionaire, it had since been
bought over by the Lagos State Government.
He wondered why residents were
still being forced to pay tolls to pass.
Agbaje was responding to the
one-hour toll-free passage recently given to all motorists by his All
Progressives Congress counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu.
Agbaje said, “Unfortunately, the
toll gate is opaque because no one knows its financial records. So, asking
people on your campaign trail and others to pass without paying for just one
hour is absurd and regrettable.
“Good road is a fundamental right
of citizens and we promise to deliver on this and many other things.
“At the moment, most Lagos roads
are impassable because of their poor condition. Now, motorists are compelled to
pay heavily for passage.
“How about the so-called alternative
routes? Ideally, government should have provided alternative routes to the
Lekki Toll Gate, but the available alternate route is in a terrible shape, so
everybody is forced to use the toll gate and pay.
“Therefore, yesterday’s drama by
the governorship candidate of the APC is a farce. Nobody was deceived by the
party’s action which also smacks of disrespect and bondage.”
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