Why tanker drivers blocked Lagos-Ibadan expressway for over 13 hours

Petroleum tanker drivers embarked on a protest by parking their trailers indiscriminately and causing a terrible gridlock on the busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway,Ogere Remo axis yesterday.
A source had revealed that the protest started when a policeman who demanded some money from a driver shot one of the tanker’s tyres belonging to Oando petroleum limited when he refused to comply to his request and fled the scene.
To show their displeasure on what happened, tanker drivers protested by parking and blocking the Lagos – Ibadan expressway for more than thirteen hours yesterday.
All efforts and appeal by the Officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), the police, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and Remo North Council area that went to the scene to let sanity prevail yielded no obvious result as the drivers remained on the road in protest.
The drivers later agreed to re-park their tankers to allow movement after police officials agreed to replace the damaged tyre.
Meanwhile it was a blessed day for motorcycle operators popularly known as “okada” riders as they manoeuvred through the holdup to
convey stranded passengers to their destinations.
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